omelette

== English == === Alternative forms === omelet (US) omlette, omlet (obsolete or misspelling) === Etymology === First attested in 1611; borrowed from French omelette, which see for further etymology. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒm.lɪt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɔm.lət/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɑm.lət/, /ˈɑm.lɪt/, /ˈɑ.mə.lət/ === Noun === omelette (countable and uncountable, plural omelettes) 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. (computing) 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. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === omelette (third-person singular simple present omelettes, present participle omeletting, simple past and past participle omeletted) To make into an omelette === See also === Category:Omelettes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French amelette, derived by metathesis from older alemette, itself an alteration of alemelle (“blade”), probably rebracketed from la (definite article, "the") lemelle (“blade”), diminutive of lame or directly derived from Latin lamella. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔm.lɛt/ === Noun === omelette f (plural omelettes) omelette ==== Derived terms ==== on ne fait pas d'omelette sans casser des œufs ==== Descendants ==== → English: omelette, omelet → Persian: املت (omlet) → German: Omelett → Danish: omelet → Portuguese: omelete, omeleta, omelette (unadapted spelling) → Romanian: omletă → Russian: омле́т (omlét) === Further reading === “omelette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Interlingua == === Noun === omelette (plural omelettes) omelette == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French omelette. === Noun === omelette f (invariable) omelette === Anagrams === temetelo == Portuguese == === Noun === omelette f (plural omelettes) alternative form of omelete