omelet

or om·e·lette

[ om-lit, om-uh- ]

/ ˈɒm lɪt, ˈɒm ə- /

noun

eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.

Nearby words

omega minus, omega-3 fatty acid, omega-c baryon, omega-minus particle, omega-oxidation theory, omelet, omelette, omen, omenn's syndrome, omental, omental bursa

Origin of omelet

1605–15; < French omelette, earlier amelette, metathetic form of alemette, variant of alemelle literally, thin plate, variant of Old French lemelle < Latin lāmella. See lamella, -et

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Examples from the Web for omelette

His Sunday-morning ritual was cutting them into little pieces and frying them crisp and then folding them into an omelette.
Reichl’s Favorite Food Books|The Browser|August 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Froise, froiz, n. a kind of pancake or omelette, often with slices of bacon.
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My larder is, as you see, poor enough; but if you are hungry one can always try and procure an omelette.
The Duel|A. I. Kuprin
He had never tasted an omelette; he had never seen an omelette.
Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)|Arnold Bennett

He ate muffins and omelette on Missy's lap, that morning, but it did not probably make the other mornings any better.
Missy|Miriam Coles Harris
A saucepan was actually being buttered (and butter was worth its weight in gold) to make us an omelette.
Caught by the Turks|Francis Yeats-Brown

British Dictionary definitions for omelette

omelette

esp US omelet

/ (ˈɒmlɪt) /

noun

a savoury or sweet dish of beaten eggs cooked in fat

Word Origin for omelette

C17: from French omelette, changed from alumette, from alumelle sword blade, changed by mistaken division from la lemelle, from Latin (see lamella); apparently from the flat shape of the omelette

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Word Origin and History for omelette

omelet

1610s, from French omelette (16c.), metathesis of alemette (14c.), from alemele "omelet," literally "blade (of a knife or sword)," probably a misdivision of la lemelle (mistaken as l'alemelle), from Latin lamella "thin, small plate," diminutive of lamina "plate, layer" (see laminate). The food so called from its flat shape. The proverb "you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs" (1859) translates French On ne saurait faire une omelette sans casser des oeufs. Middle English had hanonei "fried onions mixed with scrambled eggs" (mid-15c.).