palačinka

See also: palacinka

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian palacsinta, from Romanian plăcintă, from Latin placenta. Cognates include German Palatschinke. Doublet of placenta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalat͡ʃɪŋka]

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Noun

palačinka f (relational adjective palačinkový)

1. pancake, crêpe

Declension

Declension of palačinka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	palačinka	palačinky
genitive	palačinky	palačinek
dative	palačince	palačinkám
accusative	palačinku	palačinky
vocative	palačinko	palačinky
locative	palačince	palačinkách
instrumental	palačinkou	palačinkami

Further reading

• “palačinka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “palačinka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “palačinka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• palačínak

Etymology

Borrowed from German Palatschinke or from its likely source, Czech palačinka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palat͡ʃǐːnka/
• Hyphenation: pa‧la‧čin‧ka

Noun

palačínka f (Cyrillic spelling палачи́нка)

1. pancake, crêpe

Usage notes

Pancakes in the American sense (which are a newer introduction to the Balkans) are almost always prefixed "američke" (American) to differentiate them from the older, crepe style that is predominant in the region.

Declension

Declension of palačinka

	singular	plural
nominative	palačinka	palačinke
genitive	palačinke	palàčīnkī
dative	palačinki	palačinkama
accusative	palačinku	palačinke
vocative	palačinko	palačinke
locative	palačinki	palačinkama
instrumental	palačinkom	palačinkama

Further reading

• “palačinka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026