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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An open-faced omelet with ingredients, such as cheese or vegetables, mixed into the eggs rather than used as a filling.

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  • noun a form of omelette in which vegetables, cheese etc are mixed into the eggs and cooked together

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  • noun Italian omelet with diced vegetables and meats; cooked until bottom is set then inverted into another pan to cook the top

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, from fritto, past participle of friggere, to fry; see frit.]

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Italian from fritto, fried

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