(omelette)

  • 21Omelette — Ome|lette 〈[ɔmlɛ̣t] f. 19; österr. u. schweiz.〉 = Omelett * * * Ome|lett [ɔm(ə) lɛt ], das; [e]s, e u. s, (Fachspr., österr., schweiz.:) Ome|lette [österr. nur: ɔm lɛt(ə) , sonst auch: ɔmə lɛt], die; , n […tn̩] [frz. omelette, H. u.]: Eierkuchen …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 22omelette — [17] The omelette seems to have been named for its thinness, like a sheet of metal. The word was borrowed from French omelette, the modern descendant of Old French amelette. This meant literally ‘thin sheet of metal’, and was an alteration, by… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23omelette — [[t]ɒ̱mlət[/t]] omelettes N COUNT An omelette is a type of food made by beating eggs and cooking them in a flat pan. ...a cheese omelette. (in AM, use omelet) …

    English dictionary

  • 24omelette — n.f. Faire une omelette, faire de la casse. / Omelette soufflée, femme enceinte …

    Dictionnaire du Français argotique et populaire

  • 25omelette — also omelet AmE noun (C) 1 eggs mixed together and cooked in hot fat, sometimes with other foods added: a cheese omelette 2 you can t make an omelette without breaking eggs used to say that it is impossible to do something important without… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26Omelette — Omelett, Omelette: Die Bezeichnung für »Eierkuchen« wurde Anfang des 18. Jh.s aus gleichbed. frz. omelette entlehnt. Die weitere Herkunft des frz. Wortes ist unsicher …

    Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • 27omelette — [17] The omelette seems to have been named for its thinness, like a sheet of metal. The word was borrowed from French omelette, the modern descendant of Old French amelette. This meant literally ‘thin sheet of metal’, and was an alteration, by… …

    Word origins

  • 28omelette — noun Omelette is used after these nouns: ↑cheese, ↑mushroom …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 29omelette — o·me·let·te s.f.inv. ES fr. {{wmetafile0}} frittata ripiegata a rotolo su se stessa, ripiena spec. di ingredienti salati: omelette al formaggio, al prosciutto {{line}} {{/line}} VARIANTI: omeletta. DATA: 1877 …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 30Omelette — Ome|lẹtt [ɔm(ə) lɛt ], das; [e]s, Plural e und s, auch (österreichisch, schweizerisch nur) Ome|lette [ɔm(ə) lɛt(ə) ], die; , n <französisch> (Eierkuchen); Omelette aux Fines Herbes [ ofin zɛrb] (mit Kräutern) …

    Die deutsche Rechtschreibung