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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) or

omelet

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]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:omelette - beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set]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 f
cheese omelette → omelette au fromage omelette panomelette pan n → poêle f à frire
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

omelette

, (US) omelet
n → Omelett(e) nt; you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs (Prov) → wo gehobelt wird, da fallen Späne (Prov)
Collins 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 inv
ham/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. omelet عِجَّة بَيْض омлет omelete omeleta das Omlett omelet ομελέτα tortilla omlett املت munakas omelette חביתה आमलेट omlet omlett telur dadar eggjakaka omelette, frittata オムレツ 오믈렛 omletas omlete omelet omelet omelett omlet امليت omelete omletă омлет omeleta omleta omlet omelett ไข่เจียว omlet 炒蛋,煎蛋 яєчня; омлет آمليٹ، سبزے کے ساتھ ملا ہوا انڈا trứng tráng 炒蛋,煎蛋
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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
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