tamagoyaki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 卵焼き (literally grilled egg).

Pronunciation

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Noun

tamagoyaki (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese omelette made by rolling together several layers of cooked egg, usually prepared in a rectangular pan.
    • 1907 February, Janet M. Hill, “After Breakfast Chat”, in The Boston Cooking-School Magazine, volume 10, number 7, Boston, page 346:
      The menu included: udon (noodle soup), chicken udon, chawan moosh (steamed custard, fine vegetables), tamago yaki (ham omelette), suki yaki (chop suey), chicken suki yaki (chicken chop suey), ira udon (chop suey, fried noodles), chicken iri udon, mesha (rice), chab (tea), shoga (candy ginger).

Synonyms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 卵焼(たまごや) (tamagoyaki, literally grilled egg).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tamaɡoˈjaki]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ma‧go‧ya‧ki

Noun

tamagoyaki (plural tamagoyaki-tamagoyaki)

  1. (cooking) tamagoyaki

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

tamagoyaki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たまごやき