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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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omelette
(ˈɒmlɪt) oromelet
n
(Cookery) a savoury or sweet dish of beaten eggs cooked in fat
[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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Noun | 1. | omelette - beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly dish - 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
omeleta
omelet
munakasomeletti
omlet
omletttojáslepény
eggjakaka
オムレツ
오믈렛
omletas
omlete
omeleta
omleta
omelett
ไข่เจียว
trứng ốp lết
omelette
omelet [ˈɒmlɪt ˈɒmlət] n → omelette fcheese omelette → omelette au fromage omelette panomelette pan n → poêle f à frire
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
omelette
, (US) omeletCollins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
omelette
omelet [ˈɒmlɪt] n → frittata, omelette f invham/cheese omelette → omelette al prosciutto/al formaggio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
omelette,
omelet
(ˈomlit) noun eggs beaten and fried sometimes with vegetables, meat etc. a mushroom omelette.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
omelette
→ 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