cepelinas

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

• IPA^(key): /(t)sɛpəˈliːnəs/

cepelinas (plural cepelinai)

1. A Lithuanian dumpling made from grated riced potatoes, stuffed with ground meat or another filling such as cottage cheese or mushrooms.
   • 2010, Alexander Wolff, Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2014, Jeanne Jacob, The World Cookbook: The Greatest Recipes from Around the Globe‎^[2]:

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

• capelines, linespace, pacelines, space line, spaceline

Borrowed from German Zeppelin.

• IPA^(key): /tsɛpɛˈlʲnaːs/

cepeli̇̀nas m (plural cepeli̇̀nai) stress pattern 2

1. Zeppelin (metal airship)
2. (often in the plural) (Lithuanian potato dumpling)

   Synonym: didžkukulis

• “cepelinas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “cepelinas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025