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 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

See also

• smântână
• pojghiță