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blini

French, noun/bli.ni/

blini is spelled B-L-I-N-I (5 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blini is a French masculine noun meaning “blini” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite crêpe épaisse”.

What does blini mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineblini

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Petite crêpe épaisse.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of blini

  • blinis plural
  • bliny
  • blin

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce blini?

  • /bli.ni/
  • \bli.ni\
  • \bli.nis\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to blini

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is blini in French?

blini appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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