Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pelmeni

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables: pel-meni
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Russian dumplings resembling ravioli.

Example Sentences

"The dish most closely associated with Siberia is pelmeni, meat-filled dumplings. In Siberia, pelmeni are traditionally filled with horse meat and are served with vinegar."
"My favorite dish was a wonderful broth with pelmeni, Siberian dumplings filled with seasoned chopped meat."
""This is pelmeni — Siberian dumplings," he said, "And you better get used to it, because you're going to be eating a lot of it while you're here.""

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пельме́ни (pelʹméni, singular пельме́нь (pelʹménʹ)), which in turn is borrowed from Permic (Komi/Udmurt) пельнянь (peľňaň).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: пельме́ни

Inflected Forms

pelmen (singular) pelmeny (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

gyoza jiaozi

Questions

What does pelmeni mean?: Russian dumplings resembling ravioli.
Where does pelmeni come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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