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varenyky

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

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  • /vəˈɹɛniːkiː/

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noun

Meaning 1

Boiled dumplings stuffed with potato, cheese, or other filling; a serving of these; plural of varenyk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Ukrainian варе́ники pl (varényky), singular варе́ник (varényk), and related terms in other languages, e.g. Russian варе́ники (varéniki) and (particularly in Mennonite communities) Plautdietsch Wareniki. The Ukrainian term comes from ва́рений (várenyj, “boiled”), from вари́ти (varýty, “to boil, to cook”), from Old East Slavic варити (variti), from Proto-Slavic *variti (“to cook”) + masculine ending -ик (-yk). Compare вар (var, “boiling liquid; cooking, boiling”), from Proto-Slavic *varъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn, blacken”).

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: wareniki — a kind of dumplings
  • Belarusian: варэ́нік (varénik) — a kind of dumplings
  • Belarusian: варэ́нікі (varéniki) — a kind of dumplings
  • Bulgarian: варе́ники (varéniki) — a kind of dumplings
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甜餡餃子 /甜馅饺子 (tiánxiàn jiǎozi) — a kind of dumplings
  • French: varenyky — a kind of dumplings
  • French: vareniki — a kind of dumplings
  • German: Wareniki — a kind of dumplings
  • Japanese: ヴァレーヌィク (warēniku) — a kind of dumplings
  • Japanese: ヴァレーヌィクィ (warēniki) — a kind of dumplings
  • Japanese: ヴァレーニキ (warēniki) — a kind of dumplings
  • Korean: 바레니키 (bareniki) — a kind of dumplings
  • Lithuanian: virtiniai — a kind of dumplings
  • Polish: pierogi — a kind of dumplings
  • Polish: wareniki — a kind of dumplings
  • Portuguese: vareniki — a kind of dumplings
  • Russian: варе́ник (varénik) — a kind of dumplings
  • Russian: варе́ники (varéniki) — a kind of dumplings
  • Serbo-Croatian: вареники — a kind of dumplings
  • Serbo-Croatian: vareniki — a kind of dumplings
  • Spanish: varenyky — a kind of dumplings
  • Spanish: varénique — a kind of dumplings
  • Ukrainian: варе́ник (varényk) — a kind of dumplings
  • Ukrainian: варе́ники (varényky) — a kind of dumplings
  • Ukrainian: пироги́ (pyrohý) — a kind of dumplings