blini

American

[blin-ee, blee-nee] / ˈblɪn i, ˈbli ni /

Also blinis or bliny

plural noun

Russian Cooking.

singular

blin

pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.

blini British

/ ˈblɪnɪ, ˈblɪnɪz /

plural noun

Russian pancakes made of buckwheat flour and yeast

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Etymology

Origin of blini

From Russian bliný, plural of blin “pancake”; blin

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Example Sentences

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It includes 2 ounces of classic and imperial osetra, potato crisps, blini, 8 ounces of crème frâiche and a mother-of-pearl spoon.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

Of course, this doesn't mean that the age of the blini is over or that caviar-topped oysters aren't still a widely beloved delicacy.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2022

“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” said Sophia Pavlenko, a 19-year-old Russian citizen, as she led the blini cooking.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2022

Russians eat a lot of buckwheat, drowning groats with milk in the morning, serving it as a savory side for dinner, grinding it into flour for blini.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2021

“Everything. Stuffed cabbage, potato dumplings, black currant cakes, blini with lemon zest. I can’t wait to see Zoya’s face when I come walking into the Little Palace.”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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