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om·e·let
also om·e·lette (ŏm′ə-lĭt, ŏm′lĭt)n.
A dish consisting of beaten eggs cooked until set and folded over, often around a filling.
[French omelette, from Old French amlette, alteration of alumette, variant of alumelle, probably from (la) lemelle, (the) knife blade, from Latin lāmella, diminutive of lāmina, thin plate.]
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om•e•let
or om•e•lette
(ˈɒm lɪt, ˈɒm ə-)n.
a dish of beaten eggs cooked until set and often served folded around a filling, as of cheese, ham, or mushrooms.
[1605–15; < French omelette, derivative of lalemelle literally, thin plate, alter. of lemelle < Latin lāmella. See lamella, -et]
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omelet
, omelette - Omelet has also been written omelette, amulet, and aumelet; omelet's root sense is "thin layer" or "crepe," and it was first described in English as a "pancake of eggs."See also related terms for pancake.
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| Noun | 1. |  omelet - beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jellydish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" firm omelet - eggs beaten with milk or cream and cooked until set fluffy omelet - souffle-like omelet made by beating and adding the whites separately egg foo yong, egg fu yung - omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish |
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Translations
أُومْلِيتُعِجَّة بَيْض
omeleta
omelet
munakas
omlet
eggjakaka
オムレツ
오믈렛
omlete
omeleta
omelett
ไข่เจียว
trứng ốp lết
omelet
omelette [ˈɒmlɪt] N → omellete f, tortilla f francesa, torta f de huevos (Mex)you can't make an omelet(te) without breaking eggs → no se puede hacer tortillas sin romper huevos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
omelette,
omelet
(ˈomlit) noun eggs beaten and fried sometimes with vegetables, meat etc. a mushroom omelette.
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omelet
→ أُومْلِيتُ omeleta omelet Omelett ομελέτα tortilla munakas omelette omlet omelette オムレツ 오믈렛 omelet omelett omlet omeleta, omelete омлет omelett ไข่เจียว omlet trứng ốp lết 煎蛋Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009