noun, feminine/ɔm.lɛt/plural: omelettes
omelette
Related: on ne fait pas d'omelette sans casser des œufs
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.