blin
/blɪn/noun
blin is spelled B-L-I-N: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blin means “A blintz or blini” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blin is blini or bliny.
How many letters and syllables are in blin?
| Letters | 4: B-L-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 110,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is blin?
Blin appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce blin?
- /blɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-blin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of blin
- blins present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- blinning participle, present
- blinned past, participle
- blan past, participle
- blun participle, past
- blini plural
- bliny plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A blintz or blini.
- 2
obsoleteCessation; end.
noun
- 1
An ethnic group from Eritrea.
verb
- 1
ScotlandobsoleteTo cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does blin come from?
From Russian блин (blin, “pancake, flat object”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).