alcuzcuz
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic الكُسْكُس (al-kuskus), from كَسْكَسَ (kaskasa, “to pound, to pulverize”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /alkuθˈkuθ/ [al.kuθˈkuθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alkusˈkus/ [al.kusˈkus]
- Rhymes: -uθ
- Rhymes: -us
- Syllabification: al‧cuz‧cuz
Noun
[edit]alcuzcuz m (plural alcuzcuces)
- Rare form of cuscús.
Further reading
[edit]- “alcuzcuz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28