blintze
[blints,
blint
-s
uh
]
/blɪnts, ˈblɪnt sə/
noun
,
Jewish Cookery.
1.
a thin pancake folded or rolled around a filling, as of cheese or fruit, and fried or baked.
Also,
blintz
[blints]
/blɪnts/
(
Show IPA
)
.
Origin
1900-05;
<
Yiddish
blintse;
compare
Byelorussian
blints-,
stem of
blinéts,
diminutive of
blin
pancake; see
blin
Can be confused
blintze,
blitz
.
British Dictionary definitions for
blintze
blintz
/
blɪnts
/
noun
1.
a thin pancake folded over a filling usually of apple, cream cheese, or meat
Word Origin
C20: from Yiddish
blintse
, from Russian
blinyets
little pancakes; see
blini