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blini

blini

2 8.4
People often eat thin round Russian pancakes with sour cream or caviar
  • noun
  • /ˈblini/
translation icon : blini
  • The men took gulps of vodka, tore off chunks of blini, dipped them in bacon bits fried with onion, and nibbled on pickled cucumbers.
  • blini and caviar

Examples

  • He ordered blini and caviar for everyone, instructing the girls how to eat it and urging them to get used to the good things in life.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • He's aware that blini are her favorites.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The waiter brings the blini.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • This is the caviar, this is the blini, the champagne - you should know that one, right?

    Putin (2025)

  • - Boris, you hardly touched your blini!

    Love and Death (1975)

  • You like blini?

    Wolfs (2024)

  • As soon as they settle down, he orders two "grande cremes," a fruit cup, and raspberry blini.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • We enjoyed caviar on delicate blini topped with sour cream at the fancy restaurant.

  • For breakfast, she made blini and served them with strawberries and whipped cream.

  • At the party, the guests adored the warm blini with various toppings like smoked salmon and cheese.

Synonyms

blintze
vsblini
5 9.1

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

is served with toppings rather than folded around a filling
blintz
vsblini
  • US
3 8.0

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

is served with toppings rather than rolled or folded around a filling
bliny
vsblini
1 9.8

A thin round Russian pancake often served with caviar or sour cream

is the same in meaning and differs mainly in form
blin
vsblini
8.3

A thin round Russian pancake served with sweet or savory fillings

emphasizes buckwheat, yeast and rich traditional toppings

Surface Forms

blini singular
blinis plural

Etymology

Blini comes from the Russian word blin, which simply means 'pancake'. It is related to English blintz, so you can remember blini as thin, round pancakes often served with sour cream, caviar, or other toppings.