alcuzcuz

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic الكُسْكُس (al-kuskus), from كَسْكَسَ (kaskasa, “to pound, to pulverize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alkuθˈkuθ/ [al.kuθˈkuθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /alkusˈkus/ [al.kusˈkus] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -us (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: al‧cuz‧cuz

Noun

alcuzcuz m (plural alcuzcuces)

1. rare form of cuscús

Further reading

• “alcuzcuz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025