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Omelette Moderate

Origin: French suffix -ette

Omelette has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly

2

A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with cheese, chives or other foodstuffs.

See Also
omelet tortilla froise fish slice khagina foo yung spanish omelette nasi goreng
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
dish
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
firm omelet fluffy omelet egg foo yong

Origin

The word omelette first appeared in English in 1611, borrowed directly from the French language. It originally referred to a dish made of beaten eggs cooked in a pan.

Rhyming Words
tte ette notte owtte gitte lotte litte cette motte bette mette patte dette matte butte latte ditte putte hotte bitte
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