blintze

[ blints, blint-suh ]
/ blɪnts, ˈblɪnt sə /

noun Jewish Cookery.

a thin pancake folded or rolled around a filling, as of cheese or fruit, and fried or baked.
Also blintz [blints] /blɪnts/.

Origin of blintze

1900–05; < Yiddish blintse; compare Byelorussian blints-, stem of blinéts, diminutive of blin pancake; see blin

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH blintze

blintze blitz

Words nearby blintze

blinkers, blinking, blinks, blinky, blintz, blintze, bliny, blip, blipping, blipvert, bliss

British Dictionary definitions for blintz

blintz

blintze

/ (blɪnts) /

noun

a thin pancake folded over a filling usually of apple, cream cheese, or meat

Word Origin for blintz

C20: from Yiddish blintse, from Russian blinyets little pancakes; see blini