"omelette" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɔm.lɛt/ Forms: omelettes [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|amelette|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French amelette, {{inh+|fr|fro|amelette}} Inherited from Old French amelette, {{uder|fr|la|lamella}} Latin lamella Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} omelette f (plural omelettes)
  1. omelette Tags: feminine Derived forms: on ne fait pas d'omelette sans casser des œufs

Inflected forms

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      "raw_tags": [
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      "word": "omelet"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
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      ],
      "roman": "omlet",
      "word": "املت"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Omelett"
    },
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      "lang": "Danish",
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      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "omelet"
    },
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      "lang_code": "pt",
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      ],
      "word": "omelete"
    },
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      "lang_code": "pt",
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      "word": "omeleta"
    },
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      "lang_code": "pt",
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        "unadapted spelling"
      ],
      "word": "omelette"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "omletă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
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      ],
      "roman": "omlét",
      "word": "омле́т"
    }
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    ],
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      "alemelle#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "lemelle",
      "lemelle#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "lame",
      "lame#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "lamella",
      "lamella#Latin"
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      ]
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    }
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      "lang_code": "en",
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      ],
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    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "fa",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "lang_code": "da",
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      ],
      "word": "omelet"
    },
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      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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      "word": "омле́т"
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      "alemette",
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      "alemelle",
      "alemelle#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "lemelle",
      "lemelle#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "lame",
      "lame#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "lamella",
      "lamella#Latin"
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    {
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "lamella"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lamella",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm.lɛt/"
    }
  ],
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}

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