blintz (bl?nts) also blin·tze (bl?n?ts?)n. A thin pancake, usually wrapped around a cheese filling, sautéed or baked, and topped with sour cream, fruit, or powdered sugar.[Yiddish blintse, from Belarusian blintsy, pl. of blinets, diminutive of blin, pancake, from Old Russian mlin?, blin?; see mel?- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.blintz (bl?nts) or blintzen (Cookery) a thin pancake folded over a filling usually of apple, cream cheese, or meat[C20: from Yiddish blintse, from Russian blinyets little pancakes; see blini]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014blintz, blintze – Blintz(e) is from Russian blinets, “little pancake.”See also related terms for pancake.Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.