An Italian egg dish similar to an omelette, where eggs are mixed with other ingredients and cooked in a pan, often finished in the oven.
From Italian 'frittata', derived from 'fritto' (fried), which comes from Latin 'frictus' (fried). The word evolved as Italian cooks developed the specific technique of cooking eggs with other ingredients.
The frittata represents a brilliant cooking hack—it's what happened when Italian cooks decided to skip the fancy omelette-folding and just throw everything together, creating something forgiving, delicious, and perfect for using up whatever vegetables are in your fridge.
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.