frittata

frit·ta·ta

F f

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fri-tah-tuh; Italian freet-tah-tah]
- /frɪˈtɑ tə; Italian fritˈtɑ tɑ/
- /frɪˈtɑː.tə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fri-tah-tuh; Italian freet-tah-tah]
- /frɪˈtɑ tə; Italian fritˈtɑ tɑ/

Definitions of frittata word

noun plural frittata an omelet resembling a large pancake and containing vegetables, seasonings, and often ricotta, Parmesan, or other cheese. 1
noun frittata An Italian dish made with fried beaten eggs, resembling a Spanish omelet. 1
noun frittata an Italian dish made with eggs and chopped vegetables or meat, resembling a flat thick omelette 0
noun frittata an omelet with pieces of vegetables, meat, etc. in the egg mixture, cooked slowly until fluffy and served without folding 0
noun frittata a form of omelette in which vegetables, cheese etc are mixed into the eggs and cooked together. 0

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Origin of frittata

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

1930-35; < Italian: omelet, equivalent to fritt(o) fried (see frit) + -ata -ade1

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Parts of speech for Frittata

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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frittata popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

frittata usage trend in Literature

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