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lamelle

/la.mɛl/

noun, feminine/la.mɛl/plural: lamelles

strip (of food etc.); thin plate, lamina, lamella; vertical blinds

Borrowed from Latin lāmella (“small, thin plate”), the diminutive of lāmina (“thin plate, knife blade”). This is the etymon of French omelette, English omelet.

lamelle — French Dictionary | Passage