caimac
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]caimac (uncountable)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قایماق (kaymak).
Noun
[edit]caimac n (plural caimacuri)
- milk skin, lactoderm (a sticky film of coagulated proteins, namely casein, that forms on the surface of heated milk just before reaching the boiling point)
- cream (the part of milk which rises to the top)
- foam that forms when coffee boils
- kaymak (a dairy product similar to clotted cream found in the Balkans, made from skimmed-off milk fat after heating)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | caimac | caimacul | caimacuri | caimacurile | |
| genitive-dative | caimac | caimacului | caimacuri | caimacurilor | |
| vocative | caimacule | caimacurilor | |||