omurice

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/ˈɒmuˌɹaɪs//ˈoʊmuˌɹaɪs/

noun

A Japanese dish consisting of an egg omelette with rice mixed with ketchup in the center.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounomurice (uncountable)

alternative omrice · alternative omu rice · alternative omu-rice

  1. uncountableA Japanese dish consisting of an egg omelette with rice mixed with ketchup in the center.

    Things like yakisoba and katsu curry are all examples of this western mixing, while omurice has both French and American influences. I’m 50 now and I remember growing up in the 1970s with my mother making me omurice.

    2026 July 26, Ammar Kalia, “‘I panic. It turns to rubber’: could I learn to make omurice, the ‘world’s hardest omelette’?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Englishrice
  2. Frenchomelette
  3. Japaneseオムライス
  4. Englishomurice

Borrowed from Japanese オムライス (omuraisu), from French omelette and English rice.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic أومورايس, أرز بالأومليت
  • أومورايس (Ōmūrāys)Translations
  • أرز بالأومليت (arz bil-ūmlīt)Translations
Chinese Cantonese 蛋包飯 /蛋包饭
  • 蛋包飯 /蛋包饭Translations
Chinese Mandarin 蛋包飯 /蛋包饭
  • 蛋包飯 /蛋包饭 (dànbāofàn)Translations
Hindi ओमुराइस, ऑमलेट राइस
  • ओमुराइस (omurāis)Translations
  • ऑमलेट राइस (ŏmleṭ rāis)Translations
  • ऑमलेट चावल (ŏmleṭ cāval)Translations
Japanese オムライス
  • オムライス (omuraisu)Translations
Korean 오므라이스
  • 오므라이스 (omeuraiseu)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

omurice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omurice

MLA

“omurice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omurice. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “omurice,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omurice.

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