Dictionary

frittata en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fɹiˈtɑtə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian frittata, from fritto (“fried”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A crustless quiche: a molded omelette in which vegetables, cheese, etc., are mixed into the eggs and cooked together.
   • The classic Italian egg pie, the frittata is an attractive dish that requires no fancy rolling or split-second timing... Much of the preparation for most frittate can be done in advance[.] 1998, Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything, page 740:
   • It was in Giulia Vannoni’s grey Martello tower, on an island off the coast of France, sitting at a marble-topped table eating frittata and drinking Aperol, the honey-coloured aperitif of Florence, that Sydney Tremaine began to believe once more in happiness—as bizarre and unlikely a time and place as any, in which to believe in such a thing again. 2011, Jill Downie, chapter 5, in Daggers and Men’s Smiles (A Moretti and Falla Mystery; 1), Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn, →ISBN, pages 99–100:

Forms

Synonyms

Spanish omelette

Translations (6)

it frittata (omelette) · pl frittata (omelette) · lmo fertada (omelette) · ru фритта́та (omelette) · fi munakas (omelette) · fi frittata (omelette)