couscous

See also: Couscous

English

Couscous.

Alternative forms

• cuscousou, cuscusu (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus) from Northern Saharan Berber seksu or from Tuareg keskesu. First use appears c. 1593.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊs.kʊs/, /ˈkuːs.kuːs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkus.kus/

Noun

couscous (countable and uncountable, plural couscouses)

1. A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.
   • 2012, Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight, →ISBN:

     Karou took the plate of couscous and vegetables.

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:couscous.

Derived terms

• couscoussier
• Israeli couscous

Translations

pasta of North African origin

• Arabic: كُسْكُس m (kuskus)

  Hijazi Arabic: كُسكُس m (kuskus)

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

• Assamese: কুচকুচ (kusokus)
• Bengali: কুসকুস (bn) (kuśokus)
• Catalan: cuscús m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒸粗麥粉 / 蒸粗麦粉 (zh) (zhēngcūmàifěn), 古斯米 (gǔsīmǐ), 中東米 / 中东米 (zhōngdōngmǐ)

• Czech: kuskus (cs) m
• Dutch: couscous (nl) f
• Esperanto: kuskuso
• Finnish: kuskus (fi)
• French: couscous (fr)
• Galician: cuscús (gl) m
• German: Couscous (de) m or n, Kuskus (de) m or n, Kuskusu m or n
• Hausa: kuskùs m
• Hebrew: כּוּסְכּוּס m (kus'kús)
• Hindi: कुसकुस (kuskus)
• Hungarian: kuszkusz (hu)
• Icelandic: kúskús (is) n
• Irish: cúscús m
• Italian: cuscus (it) m
• Japanese: クスクス (kusukusu)
• Korean: 쿠스쿠스 (kuseukuseu)
• Maltese: kuskus
• Occitan: coscós (oc) m
• Persian: کوسکوس (kuskus)
• Polish: kuskus (pl) m
• Portuguese: cuscuz (pt) m
• Romanian: cușcuș (ro) n
• Russian: куску́с (ru) m (kuskús)
• Sicilian: cùscusu (scn) m
• Spanish: cuscús (es) m
• Tachawit: aberbuc (shy)
• Turkish: kuskus (tr)
• Walloon: couscousse (wa) m
• Welsh: cwscws m
• Wolof: cere (wo)

Further reading

• couscous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from Northern Saharan Berber seksu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kusˈkus/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cous‧cous
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

couscous m (uncountable)

1. couscous

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuskus/, [ˈkus̠kus̠]
• Rhymes: -uskus

Noun

couscous

1. alternative form of kuskus

Declension

Inflection of couscous (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		couscous	couscousit
genitive		couscousin	couscousien
partitive		couscousia	couscouseja
illative		couscousiin	couscouseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		couscous	couscousit
accusative	nom.	couscous	couscousit
	gen.	couscousin
genitive		couscousin	couscousien
partitive		couscousia	couscouseja
inessive		couscousissa	couscouseissa
elative		couscousista	couscouseista
illative		couscousiin	couscouseihin
adessive		couscousilla	couscouseilla
ablative		couscousilta	couscouseilta
allative		couscousille	couscouseille
essive		couscousina	couscouseina
translative		couscousiksi	couscouseiksi
abessive		couscousitta	couscouseitta
instructive		—	couscousein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of couscous (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative couscousini couscousini accusative nom. couscousini couscousini gen. couscousini genitive couscousini couscousieni partitive couscousiani couscousejani inessive couscousissani couscouseissani elative couscousistani couscouseistani illative couscousiini couscouseihini adessive couscousillani couscouseillani ablative couscousiltani couscouseiltani allative couscousilleni couscouseilleni essive couscousinani couscouseinani translative couscousikseni couscouseikseni abessive couscousittani couscouseittani instructive — — comitative — couscouseineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative couscousisi couscousisi accusative nom. couscousisi couscousisi gen. couscousisi genitive couscousisi couscousiesi partitive couscousiasi couscousejasi inessive couscousissasi couscouseissasi elative couscousistasi couscouseistasi illative couscousiisi couscouseihisi adessive couscousillasi couscouseillasi ablative couscousiltasi couscouseiltasi allative couscousillesi couscouseillesi essive couscousinasi couscouseinasi translative couscousiksesi couscouseiksesi abessive couscousittasi couscouseittasi instructive — — comitative — couscouseinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative couscousimme couscousimme accusative nom. couscousimme couscousimme gen. couscousimme genitive couscousimme couscousiemme partitive couscousiamme couscousejamme inessive couscousissamme couscouseissamme elative couscousistamme couscouseistamme illative couscousiimme couscouseihimme adessive couscousillamme couscouseillamme ablative couscousiltamme couscouseiltamme allative couscousillemme couscouseillemme essive couscousinamme couscouseinamme translative couscousiksemme couscouseiksemme abessive couscousittamme couscouseittamme instructive — — comitative — couscouseinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative couscousinne couscousinne accusative nom. couscousinne couscousinne gen. couscousinne genitive couscousinne couscousienne partitive couscousianne couscousejanne inessive couscousissanne couscouseissanne elative couscousistanne couscouseistanne illative couscousiinne couscouseihinne adessive couscousillanne couscouseillanne ablative couscousiltanne couscouseiltanne allative couscousillenne couscouseillenne essive couscousinanne couscouseinanne translative couscousiksenne couscouseiksenne abessive couscousittanne couscouseittanne instructive — — comitative — couscouseinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative couscousinsa couscousinsa accusative nom. couscousinsa couscousinsa gen. couscousinsa genitive couscousinsa couscousiensa partitive couscousiaan couscousiansa couscousejaan couscousejansa inessive couscousissaan couscousissansa couscouseissaan couscouseissansa elative couscousistaan couscousistansa couscouseistaan couscouseistansa illative couscousiinsa couscouseihinsa adessive couscousillaan couscousillansa couscouseillaan couscouseillansa ablative couscousiltaan couscousiltansa couscouseiltaan couscouseiltansa allative couscousilleen couscousillensa couscouseilleen couscouseillensa essive couscousinaan couscousinansa couscouseinaan couscouseinansa translative couscousikseen couscousiksensa couscouseikseen couscouseiksensa abessive couscousittaan couscousittansa couscouseittaan couscouseittansa instructive — — comitative — couscouseineen couscouseinensa

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 2023-07-02

French

Alternative forms

• cous-cous (superseded spelling)
• couscoussou
• kesksou

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from Northern Saharan Berber seksu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kus.kus/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -us

Noun

couscous m (plural couscous)

1. 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.