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pelmeni

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Russian dumplings resembling ravioli.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պելմենի (pelmeni) — Russian dumplings
  • Azerbaijani: düşbərə — Russian dumplings
  • Belarusian: пяльме́нь (pjalʹmjénʹ) — Russian dumplings
  • Belarusian: пяльме́ні (pjalʹmjéni) — Russian dumplings
  • Bulgarian: пелме́н (pelmén) — Russian dumplings
  • Bulgarian: пелме́ни (pelméni) — Russian dumplings
  • Chinese Mandarin: 俄式餃子 /俄式饺子 (É-shì jiǎozi) — Russian dumplings
  • Estonian: pelmeen — Russian dumplings
  • Finnish: pelmeni — Russian dumplings
  • German: Pirogge — Russian dumplings
  • German: Pelmeni — Russian dumplings
  • Japanese: ペリメニ (perimeni) — Russian dumplings
  • Komi-Zyrian: пельмень (peľmeń) — Russian dumplings
  • Komi-Zyrian: пельнянь (peľńań) — Russian dumplings
  • Korean: 펠메니 (pelmeni) — Russian dumplings
  • Latvian: pelmeņi — Russian dumplings
  • Lithuanian: koldūnai — Russian dumplings
  • Macedonian: пелме́н (pelmén) — Russian dumplings
  • Macedonian: пелмен́и (pelmeńi) — Russian dumplings
  • Polish: pielmeń — Russian dumplings
  • Portuguese: pelmeni — Russian dumplings
  • Russian: пельме́нь (pelʹménʹ) — Russian dumplings
  • Russian: пельме́ни (pelʹméni) — Russian dumplings
  • Serbo-Croatian: пелмен — Russian dumplings
  • Serbo-Croatian: pelmen — Russian dumplings
  • Serbo-Croatian: пелмени — Russian dumplings
  • Serbo-Croatian: pelmeni — Russian dumplings
  • Shor: пелбен — Russian dumplings
  • Shor: пелбеннер — Russian dumplings
  • Spanish: pelmeni — Russian dumplings
  • Tatar: пилмән (pilmän) — Russian dumplings
  • Tatar: пилмәннәр (pilmännär) — Russian dumplings
  • Udmurt: пельмен (peľmen) — Russian dumplings
  • Udmurt: пельнянь (peľńań) — Russian dumplings
  • Ukrainian: пельме́нь (pelʹménʹ) — Russian dumplings
  • Ukrainian: пельме́ні (pelʹméni) — Russian dumplings
  • Vietnamese: mằn thắn — Russian dumplings
  • Yakut: бэлимиэн (belimien) — Russian dumplings