couscous

== English == === Alternative forms === cuscousou, cuscusu (dated) === Etymology === Borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from a Berber language. First use appears c. 1593. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʊs.kʊs/, /ˈkuːs.kuːs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkus.kus/ === Noun === couscous (countable and uncountable, plural couscouses) A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina. ==== Quotations ==== For more quotations using this term, see Citations:couscous. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === couscous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from a Berber language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kusˈkus/, /ˈkus.kus/ Hyphenation: cous‧cous Rhymes: -us === Noun === couscous m (uncountable, no diminutive) couscous == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkuskus/, [ˈkus̠kus̠] Rhymes: -uskus === Noun === couscous alternative form of kuskus ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “couscous”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Alternative forms === cous-cous (superseded spelling) couscoussou kesksou === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from a Berber language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kus.kus/ Rhymes: -us === Noun === couscous m (invariable) couscous ==== Derived terms ==== couscousserie couscoussier couscoussière ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: couscous → English: couscous === Further reading === “couscous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French couscous. === Noun === couscous m (plural couscous) alternative form of cuscús Alternative forms: kuskús, cus-cus, cuzcuz, alcuzcuz ==== Unadapted ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “couscous”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN