frittata
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian frittata, from fritto (“fried”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfrittata (plural frittatas or frittate)
- A crustless quiche: a molded omelette in which vegetables, cheese, etc., are mixed into the eggs and cooked together.
- 1998, Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything, page 740:
- The classic Italian egg pie, the frittata is an attractive dish that requires no fancy rolling or split-second timing... Much of the preparation for most frittate can be done in advance[.]
Synonyms
editTranslations
editomelette
Further reading
editItalian
editEtymology
editFrom fritto (“fried”) + -ata.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfrittata f (plural frittate)
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editSicilian
editEtymology
editNoun
editfrittata f (plural frittati)
References
edit- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1006: “la frittata” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “frittata”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 1722–1723
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “frittata”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 163
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