omelette
オムレツ
解説 Definition
omelette は、卵を溶いて焼いた料理、オムレツという意味です。日本語のオムレツとほぼ同じ意味ですが、英語では具入りの卵料理全般を指して使われます。
A dish made by cooking beaten eggs in a pan, often with ingredients such as cheese, vegetables, or mushrooms added before the eggs are folded or served. The British spelling is “omelette”; American English also commonly uses “omelet.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
omelette は卵を溶いて焼き、具を包んだり折り畳んだりする料理です。「make an omelette」「a cheese omelette」の組み合わせで覚えましょう。scrambled eggs は卵を混ぜながら崩して焼き、frittata は一般に平らなまま仕上げるため、折り畳む典型的な omelette と区別できます。
Picture beaten eggs spreading into a thin layer in a frying pan and then being folded around cheese or mushrooms. That sequence captures a typical omelette. Useful combinations include make an omelette, fold an omelette, and a cheese omelette. Distinguish it from scrambled eggs, which are stirred and broken into soft pieces while cooking, and from a frittata, which is usually thicker and left open rather than folded. Also remember that omelette is the usual British spelling, while omelet is common in American English.
例文
I made an omelette for breakfast.
私は朝食にオムレツを作りました。
This omelette has cheese and mushrooms inside.
このオムレツにはチーズときのこが入っています。
The chef folded the omelette carefully before serving it.
シェフは出す前にオムレツを丁寧に折りたたみました。
omelette の類義語・関連語
omelette の語源・成り立ち Etymology
フランス語経由で、ラテン語のlamella（薄い板・laminaの指小辞形）が語源です。冠詞融合で現在の綴りになり、卵を薄く平らに焼く形状が「薄い層」という意味をそのまま表しています。同系統語にlamina（薄層）やlaminate（積層する）があります。
Omelette was borrowed from French omelette. The French word developed through earlier forms associated with lamelle, “a thin plate or layer,” ultimately related to Latin lamella, a diminutive of lamina, “thin plate.” The name is traditionally connected with the dish’s thin, flat form. English retains the French spelling omelette, while the shortened spelling omelet is especially common in American English.
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