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omelette en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɔmlət/ (Australia)
  • /ˈɒmlət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Canada) audio
  • [ˈɔ̟mlət] (New-Zealand)
  • audio SSB
  • /ˈɒmlɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɔmlɪt/ (British, Scotland, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈɑmlət/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɒmlət/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈɔmlət/ (British, Scotland, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈɑmələt/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɑmlɪt/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

First attested in 1611; borrowed from French omelette, see which for further etymology.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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 other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.
    • She had never meant to confide in him — certainly not here, eating omelette and cheese sauce — but that look seemed to demand a confidence. 1969, J[ohn] B[oynton] Priestley, “London End”, in The Image Men, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →LCCN, page 288:
    • He crossed to the window, which looked on to a herb garden, and seated himself on the chintz-covered window-seat and delicately watched the two, who were engaged in eating omelette and salad at a round table near the fire-place. 1912, Marjorie Bowen [pseudonym; Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long], “The Heretic”, in The Quest of Glory, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. […], part I (The Quest Joyful), pages 69–70:
    • She stayed to lunch that day, eating omelette and peas in the kitchen, followed by treacle tart. 1985, Christine Pullein-Thompson, Wait for Me Phantom horse, London: Award Publications Limited, published 1997, →ISBN, page 64:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A form of shellcode that searches the address space for multiple small blocks of data ("eggs") and recombines them into a larger block to be executed.
    • This approach would be altered for an optimal omelette based exploit. One would spray the heap with the omelette code solely, then load a single copy of the additional shellcode eggs into memory outside the target region for the spray. 2015, Herbert Bos, Fabian Monrose, Gregory Blanc, Research in Attacks, Intrusions, and Defenses: 18th International Symposium:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
omelet US, alternative lexicographic
omelettes Number=Plur lexicographic
omlette alternative lexicographic
omlet alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

boiled egg · poached egg · scromlette · fried egg · quiche · frittata · scrambled egg

Deriveds

scromlette · special omelette · omelettey · oyster omelette · tornado omelette · you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette · omeletty · Florentine omelette · omelette Arnold Bennett · Spanish omelette · friar's omelette · Denver omelette · omelette-y · you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs · thick as a whale omelette · chin omelette

Translations (112)

hu tojáslepény (dish made with beaten eggs) · af omelet (dish made with beaten eggs) · az qayğanaq (dish made with beaten eggs) · nb omelett (dish made with beaten eggs) · es tortilla francesa (dish made with beaten eggs) · th ไข่เจียว (dish made with beaten eggs) · da omelet (dish made with beaten eggs) · vep munarič (dish made with beaten eggs) · ug وملېت (dish made with beaten eggs) · fa-ira اُمْلِت (dish made with beaten eggs) · az omlet (dish made with beaten eggs) · et omlett (dish made with beaten eggs) · nn omelett (dish made with beaten eggs) · ka ომლეტი (dish made with beaten eggs) · eo omleto (dish made with beaten eggs) · be амле́т (dish made with beaten eggs) · uk омле́т (dish made with beaten eggs) · sv omelett (dish made with beaten eggs) · hi आमलेट (dish made with beaten eggs) · cs omeleta (dish made with beaten eggs) · gu ઓમલેટ (dish made with beaten eggs) · yue 奄列 /唵列 (dish made with beaten eggs) · mn өндгөн жаврай (dish made with beaten eggs) · vi trứng tráng (dish made with beaten eggs) · pl omlet (dish made with beaten eggs) · ko 오믈렛 (dish made with beaten eggs) · es omelet (dish made with beaten eggs) · yi אָמלעט (dish made with beaten eggs) · he חֲבִיתָה (dish made with beaten eggs) · io omleto (dish made with beaten eggs) · cy omled (dish made with beaten eggs) · fi omeletti (dish made with beaten eggs) · la ova spongia (dish made with beaten eggs) · sh о̀млет (dish made with beaten eggs) · ia omelette (dish made with beaten eggs) · bn অমলেট (dish made with beaten eggs) · gl tortilla (dish made with beaten eggs) · vec fritata (dish made with beaten eggs) · mr आमलेट (dish made with beaten eggs) · is ommeletta (dish made with beaten eggs) · pt fritada (dish made with beaten eggs) · fr omelette (dish made with beaten eggs) · hy օմլետ (dish made with beaten eggs) · yi פּרעזשעניצע (dish made with beaten eggs) · sq omëletë (dish made with beaten eggs) · ar عِجَّة (dish made with beaten eggs) · ky омлет (dish made with beaten eggs) · mt froġa (dish made with beaten eggs) · el ομελέτα (dish made with beaten eggs) · es homelet (dish made with beaten eggs) · ja オムレツ (dish made with beaten eggs) · it omelette (dish made with beaten eggs) · lez къайгъанах (dish made with beaten eggs) · km ពងមាន់ចៀន (dish made with beaten eggs) · uk яє́чня (dish made with beaten eggs) · gl tortilla francesa (dish made with beaten eggs) · ga uibheagán (dish made with beaten eggs) · hu omlett (dish made with beaten eggs) · ur آمْلیٹ (dish made with beaten eggs) · it frittata (dish made with beaten eggs) · bg омле́т (dish made with beaten eggs) · tg тухмбирён (dish made with beaten eggs) · th ไข่ทอด (dish made with beaten eggs) · gl freixó (dish made with beaten eggs) · hy ձվածեղ (dish made with beaten eggs) · tg омлет (dish made with beaten eggs) · pt omelete (dish made with beaten eggs) · fi munakas (dish made with beaten eggs) · fa-ira خاگینِه (dish made with beaten eggs) · hi ऑमलेट (dish made with beaten eggs) · be яе́чня (dish made with beaten eggs) · vi trứng ốp lết (dish made with beaten eggs) · kk өмлет (dish made with beaten eggs) · ro omletă (dish made with beaten eggs) · tr omlet (dish made with beaten eggs) · lo ໄຂ່ຈືນ (dish made with beaten eggs) · ar عُجَّة (dish made with beaten eggs) · mk кајгана (dish made with beaten eggs) · th ไข่ฟู (dish made with beaten eggs) · nl omelet (dish made with beaten eggs) · ca truita a la francesa (dish made with beaten eggs) · de Omelett (dish made with beaten eggs) · ms telur dadar (dish made with beaten eggs) · id telur dadar (dish made with beaten eggs) · cmn 煎蛋餅 /煎蛋饼 (dish made with beaten eggs) · uz omlet (dish made with beaten eggs) · es torreja (dish made with beaten eggs) · vo moelät (dish made with beaten eggs) · lv omlete (dish made with beaten eggs) · gd bonnach-uighe (dish made with beaten eggs) · ru яи́чница (dish made with beaten eggs) · sk omeleta (dish made with beaten eggs) · vec fortaja (dish made with beaten eggs) · sl omleta (dish made with beaten eggs) · es omelette (dish made with beaten eggs) · tr kaygana (dish made with beaten eggs) · ca truita (dish made with beaten eggs) · gl torromica (dish made with beaten eggs) · ka ერბო-კვერცხი (dish made with beaten eggs) · sh òmlet (dish made with beaten eggs) · mk омлет (dish made with beaten eggs) · yi פֿײַנקוכן (dish made with beaten eggs) · ru омле́т (dish made with beaten eggs) · st omelete (dish made with beaten eggs) · yi יאַיִטשניצע (dish made with beaten eggs) · cmn 煎蛋卷 (dish made with beaten eggs) · tk omlet (dish made with beaten eggs) · lt omletas (dish made with beaten eggs) · vi trứng đổ chả (dish made with beaten eggs) · cmn 攤雞蛋 /摊鸡蛋 (dish made with beaten eggs) · es tortilla (dish made with beaten eggs) · ota قایغنه (dish made with beaten eggs)

wikidata: Q20129

omelette en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɔmlət/ (Australia)
  • /ˈɒmlət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Canada) audio
  • [ˈɔ̟mlət] (New-Zealand)
  • audio SSB
  • /ˈɒmlɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɔmlɪt/ (British, Scotland, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈɑmlət/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɒmlət/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈɔmlət/ (British, Scotland, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈɑmələt/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɑmlɪt/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

First attested in 1611; borrowed from French omelette, see which for further etymology.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make into an omelette.
    • 'Your main concern should not be practical ethics, but to dissuade me from omeletting you.' 2001, David Mitchell, chapter 1, in number9dream, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
    • This recipe may be adapted for scrambled eggs, i.e., instead of omeletting the eggs, simply scramble them. 2000, Rajnit Rai, Curry, Curry, Curry:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
omelet US, alternative lexicographic
omelettes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
omeletting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
omlet alternative lexicographic
omeletted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
omeletted Tense=Past lexicographic
omlette alternative lexicographic