caimac
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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]Declension of caimac
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) caimac | caimacul | (niște) caimacuri | caimacurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) caimac | caimacului | (unor) caimacuri | caimacurilor |
| vocative | caimacule | caimacurilor | ||