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]

Noun

palačinka f (relational adjective palačinkový)

  1. pancake, crêpe

Declension

Further reading

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), 2006–2025