cepelinas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Lithuanian cepelinas (“Zeppelin”). Doublet of Zeppelin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(t)sɛpəˈliːnəs/

Noun

cepelinas (plural cepelinai)

1. A Lithuanian dumpling made from grated riced potatoes, stuffed with ground meat or another filling such as cottage cheese or mushrooms.
   • 2010, Alexander Wolff, Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure‎^[1]:

     With much of the world having become aware of Lithuanian basketball thanks to the Grateful Dead, I wondered if shrines to other rock acts were in the offing—to Led Zeppelin, perhaps, in honor of what a cepelinas feels like in the pit of the stomach.

   • 2014, Jeanne Jacob, The World Cookbook: The Greatest Recipes from Around the Globe‎^[2]:

     Cepelinai are giant dumplings named for Zeppelin air ships. They are a Lithuanian specialty, served as a main dish.

Translations

Translations

• Belarusian: цэпелі́н m (cepjelín)
• Polish: cepelin (pl) m, kartacz (pl) m
• Russian: цеппели́н (ru) m (ceppelín)
• Ukrainian: цепелі́н (uk) m (cepelín)

Anagrams

• capelines, linespace, pacelines, space line, spaceline

Lithuanian

Cepelinai.

Cepelinas su spirgais.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zeppelin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsɛpɛˈlʲɪnɐs/

Noun

cepeli̇̀nas m (plural cepeli̇̀nai) stress pattern 2

1. Zeppelin (metal airship)
2. (often in the plural) cepelinas (Lithuanian potato dumpling)

   Synonym: didžkukulis

Declension

Declension of cepeli̇̀nas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	cepeli̇̀nas	cepeli̇̀nai
genitive (kilmininkas)	cepeli̇̀no	cepeli̇̀nų
dative (naudininkas)	cepeli̇̀nui	cepeli̇̀nams
accusative (galininkas)	cepeli̇̀ną	cepelinùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	cepelinù	cepeli̇̀nais
locative (vietininkas)	cepelinè	cepeli̇̀nuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	cepeli̇̀ne	cepeli̇̀nai

References

• “cepelinas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
• “cepelinas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2026