cepelinas

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/(t)sɛpəˈliːnəs/

noun

A Lithuanian dumpling made from grated riced potatoes, stuffed with ground meat or another filling such as cottage cheese or mushrooms.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nouncepelinas (plural cepelinai)

plural cepelinai

  1. A Lithuanian dumpling made from grated riced potatoes, stuffed with ground meat or another filling such as cottage cheese or mushrooms.

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

    2014, Jeanne Jacob, The World Cookbook: The Greatest Recipes from Around the Globe
    1 more example

    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.

    2010, Alexander Wolff, Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure

Origin

  1. Lithuaniancepelinas“Zeppelin”
  2. Englishcepelinas

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

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Translations

Polish cepelin, kartacz
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Russian цеппели́н
  • цеппели́н (ceppelín)Translations
Ukrainian цепелі́н
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Cite this entry
APA

cepelinas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cepelinas

MLA

“cepelinas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cepelinas. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cepelinas,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cepelinas.

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