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blintze

blintze

5 9.1
A thin pancake folded around a filling like cheese then cooked by frying or baking
  • noun
  • /ˈblɪnts/
translation icon : blintz
  • We like latkes, blintzes...
  • cheese blintzes
  • blueberry blintzes

Examples

  • Three blintzes, Paddy.

    The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)

  • Then there was mother, who made the most delicious blintzes in the world.

    Love and Death (1975)

  • ...but your blintzes are getting cold.

    Guys and Dolls (1955)

  • Aaron wants me to pick up blintzes for the occasion.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Quite a few people were having cheese blintzes, and others were having scrambled eggs and salami.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Both Brocha and Sorah are asleep by the time Isaac comes home from services, and so Elizabeth and Isaac sit down for blintzes with the older girls.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • For brunch, we enjoyed fluffy blintzes filled with sweet cheese and topped with fresh berries.

  • At the festival, many people lined up to taste the savory blintzes served with sour cream.

  • She learned to make traditional blintzes from her grandmother, who said they are a family favorite.

Synonyms

blintz
vsblintze
  • US
3 8.0

A thin pancake folded around a filling like cheese and cooked by frying or baking

is the same but spelled with an extra final e

Surface Forms

blintze singular
blintzes plural

Etymology

Blintze comes from Yiddish and the Slavic word blin, which means 'pancake'. So a blintze is a thin pancake folded around a filling like cheese or fruit.