omelet

noun

om·​e·​let ˈäm-lət 

ˈä-mə-

variants or omelette

: beaten eggs cooked without stirring until set and served folded in half

Her omelet had a filling of cheese, peppers, and meat.

Examples of omelet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Patrons come for a creative Vietnamese American take on coffee, bakery items, and brunch with a shrimp coconut rice omelet, black sesame cinnamon rolls, and oozy egg and pork sandwiches. —Amanda Calnan Vowels, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2025

To start your day in a healthier way, choose unsweetened or lightly sweetened coffee drinks and higher-protein options, such as an omelet, Greek yogurt parfait, or high-protein overnight oats. 6. —Jillian Kubala, Health, 28 Jan. 2025

Breaking eggs to make an omelet Starbase is an industrial installation built by SpaceX to fabricate and test a number of the company’s rocket types. —Robert A. Kopack, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025

Come back in for hot coffee and an omelet at Ladd’s tavern, because the eggs are fresh from the chickens pecking around outside on the property’s working farm. —Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French omelette, alteration of Middle French amelette, alemette, alteration of alemelle thin plate, ultimately from Latin lamella, diminutive of lamina

First Known Use

circa 1611, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing omelet

• Denver omelet
• Spanish omelet
• western omelet

Kids Definition

omelet

noun

om·​elet

variants also omelette

ˈäm-(ə-)lət

: beaten eggs cooked without stirring and served folded in half

Etymology

from French omelette "omelet," derived from early French amelette, alemette, altered forms of alemelle "omelet," literally, "knife blade, thin plate," derived from la lemelle (same meaning), derived from Latin lamella "a small thin metal plate," from lamina "a thin plate"

Word Origin

Although the word omelet bears little resemblance to Latin lamina, the shape of an omelet does resemble a thin plate, which is what lamina, the ultimate source of omelet, means. The Latin noun lamella, a diminutive form of lamina, became lemelle "blade of a knife" in medieval French. La lemelle "the blade" was misinterpreted as l'alemelle, and so the word gained an initial vowel. In later French, alemelle or alumelle was altered (by substituting the suffix -ette for the suffix -elle) into allumette, which acquired the meaning "dish made with beaten eggs" (such a dish resembling a thin plate or blade). After a later alteration to omelette the word found its way into English.