frittata
/fɹiˈtɑtə/noun
frittata is a noun meaning “A crustless quiche: a molded omelette in which vegetables, cheese, etc., are mixed into the eggs and cooked together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-I-T-T-A-T-A, and it appears about once in every 6 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of frittata is frittatas or frittate.
What does frittata mean?
noun
- 1
A crustless quiche: a molded omelette in which vegetables, cheese, etc., are mixed into the eggs and cooked together.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce frittata?
- /fɹiˈtɑtə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of frittata
- frittatas plural
- frittate plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is frittata?
Frittata appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does frittata come from?
Borrowed from Italian frittata, from fritto (“fried”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).