couscous

English

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Etymology

First attested circa 16th century, from French, from Arabic كسكس (kuskus) from Tamazight ⵙⴽⵙⵓ (seksu).

Noun

couscous (plural couscouses)

1. A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Translations

a pasta of North African origin

• Arabic: كُسْكُس m (kuskus)

  Moroccan Arabic: كسكسو m (ksaksu), سكسو m (saksu)

• Catalan: cuscús m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒸粗麥粉 (zh), 蒸粗麦粉 (zh) (zhēngcūmàifěn), 古斯米 (gǔsīmǐ)

• Esperanto: semolo, kuskuso, semolino
• French: couscous (fr)
• Galician: cuscús m
• German: Couscous (de) m, n, Kuskus (de) m, n, Kuskusu m, n
• Hausa: kuskùs m

• Hungarian: kuszkusz (hu)
• Japanese: クスクス (kusukusu)
• Maltese: kuskus
• Persian: کوسکوس (kuskus)
• Portuguese: cuscuz (pt) m
• Romanian: cușcuș (ro) n
• Russian: куску́с (ru) m (kuskús)
• Spanish: cuscús m
• Turkish: kuskus (tr)
• Walloon: couscousse (wa) m

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Finnish

Noun

couscous

1. Alternative form of kuskus.

Declension

Declension of couscous (Kotus type 5/risti)

	singular	plural
nominative	couscous	couscousit
genitive	couscousin	couscousien
partitive	couscousia	couscouseja
accusative	couscousin	couscousit
inessive	couscousissa	couscouseissa
elative	couscousista	couscouseista
illative	couscousiin	couscouseihin
adessive	couscousilla	couscouseilla
ablative	couscousilta	couscouseilta
allative	couscousille	couscouseille
essive	couscousina	couscouseina
translative	couscousiksi	couscouseiksi
instructive	—	couscousein
abessive	couscousitta	couscouseitta
comitative	—	couscouseineen