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English
Noun
omlet (plural omlets)
- Obsolete spelling of omelette..
1665, Robert May, The Accomplisht Cook, or The Art and Mystery of Cookery, London: R. Wood, for Nath Brooke, , page 434:Take young and tender ſparagus, break or cut them in ſmall pieces, and half fry them brown in butter, put into them eggs beaten with ſalt, and thus make your omlet. Or boil them in water and ſalt, then fry them in ſweet butter, put the eggs to them, and make an omlet, diſh it, and put a drop or two of vinegar or verjuyce on it.
1699, John Evelyn, Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets., London: B. Tooke , page 18:Clary, Horminum, when tender not to be rejected, and in Omlets, made up with Cream, fried in ſweet Butter, and eaten with Sugar, Juice of Orange, or Limon.
1796 May, “Some Particulars respecting the Capture and Death of Charette, the famous Royalist General of La Vendée; with Sketches of his Character”, in Walker’s Hibernian Magazine: or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, part I, Dublin: Joseph Walker, , page 411, column 1:It was remarked to him that he had cauſed the death of a great many perſons. Yes, he replied, omlets are not made without breaking eggs.
- Misspelling of omelette.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French omelette.
Pronunciation
Noun
omlet m inan (diminutive omlecik)
- omelette
Declension
Further reading
- omlet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- omlet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From French omelette.
Noun
òmlet m (Cyrillic spelling о̀млет)
- omelette
Declension
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوملهت or اوملت. Borrowed from French omelette.
Noun
omlet (definite accusative omleti, plural omletler)
- omelette
Declension