Noun: palacsinta
| Singular | palacsinta |
| Plural | palacsinta; palacsintas |
Sample Sentences
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Americans tend to think of pancakes as relatively thick rounds. The worldwide range goes from the thin, light French crepes, Hungarian palacsinta and Austrian palatschinke to a thick, hearty cake made from bran. [2001 March 21, Beth Van Horn, “Pancakes come in a world of variety”, in Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3C, column 1:]
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Even though she’s half Hungarian, Mom calls these thin pancakes crepes instead of “palacsinta.” And perhaps they are crepes; most palacsinta are prepared with carbonated water to lighten the batter. Mom omits this trick, instead relying on an overnight rest to make a silkier batter. Like magic, all the lumps are gone in the morning. [2015, Sasha Martin, “Overnight Crepes”, in Life from Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISBN, part 1 (Conflict of Heritage), chapter 1 (Living Room Kitchen), pages 21–22:]
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CC joined Ingrid in the kitchen and started pulling out bowls. She whisked batter together. “I’m making ham palacsintas.” / “Palacsintas? I thought we were having crepes.” / “They are Hungarian crepes. These are similar to ones I had in Budapest when I reported on the international steel conference. The chef gave me a tour of his kitchen and shared his recipe with me.” [2017, Vicki Vass, “Lindsey Kelly, Spoon Sisters Blog”, in Dressed to Kill (An Antique Hunters Mystery; 5), Tedeschi Publishing, →ISBN, page 24:]
Nouns inflected like palacsinta
seiyuu,
sensei,
senryu,
whaanau,
xianbing,
samlor,
salumi,
salmon,
sika deer,
shrimp,
shumai,
eastern moa,
Guarani-Kaiowá,
northern shrimp,
izakaya,
pūkeko,
autopaizuri,
yukata,
yueqin,
panzerotti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Hungarian palacsinta. Doublet of palatschinke and placenta. See: Hungarian Nouns '
palacsinta'.