frittata

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian frittata, from fritto (fried).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɹiˈtɑtə/

Noun

frittata (plural frittatas or frittate)

  1. 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[.]

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Italian

Etymology

From fritto (fried) + -ata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fritˈta.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Hyphenation: frit‧tà‧ta

Noun

frittata f (plural frittate)

  1. frittata

Anagrams

Sicilian

Etymology

Compare Italian frittata.

Noun

frittata f (plural frittati)

  1. (eastern Sicily, Calabria) Synonym of frocia (omelette, frittata)
  2. mistake
    fari na frittata di na cosato ruin, damage something (literally, “to make an omelette of something”)

References

  • 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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