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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
omelette
om·elette [omelette omelettes] (NAmE also om·elet)BrE [ˈɒmlət] NAmE [ˈɑːmlət] noun
a hot dish of eggs mixed together and fried, often with cheese, meat, vegetables, etc. added
•a cheese and mushroom omelette
Idiom: ↑you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
Word Origin:
French, earlier amelette (alteration of alumette), variant of alumelle, from lemele ‘knife blade’, from Latin lamella, diminutive of lamina ‘thin plate’. The association with ‘knife blade’ is probably because of the thin flat shape of an omelette.
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