caimac

English

Noun

caimac (uncountable)

  1. Archaic form of kaymak.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قایماق (kaymak).

Noun

caimac n (plural caimacuri)

  1. 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)
  2. cream (the part of milk which rises to the top)
  3. foam that forms when coffee boils
  4. kaymak (a dairy product similar to clotted cream found in the Balkans, made from skimmed-off milk fat after heating)

Declension

Declension of caimac
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative caimac caimacul caimacuri caimacurile
genitive-dative caimac caimacului caimacuri caimacurilor
vocative caimacule caimacurilor

See also

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