blin

noun

ˈblin 

plural blini ˈblē-nē 

ˈbli-;

blə-ˈnē

or blinis ˈblē-nēz 

ˈbli-;

blə-ˈnēz

: a thin often buckwheat pancake usually filled (as with sour cream) and folded

Examples of blin in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The room glows with soft blush tones as the bottles pop and every drop of those salty pearls meets a pillowy blin. — Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 13 Mar. 2026

For an answer, there was only the sound of my blin cooking on the griddle, and the rise and fall of spoons. — Talia Lavin, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2017

Word History

Etymology

Russian

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above