omelette

esp US omelet

/ (ˈɒmlɪt) /


noun
  1. a savoury or sweet dish of beaten eggs cooked in fat

Origin of omelette

1
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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