couscous

English

Couscous.

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

First attested circa 16th century, borrowing from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus) from Tagargrent ⵙⴽⵙⵓ (seksu).

Noun

couscous (plural couscouses)

1. A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.
   • 2012, Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight, ISBN 9780316133975:

     Karou took the plate of couscous and vegetables.

Quotations

For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:couscous.

Translations

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)

• Dutch: couscous (nl) f
• Esperanto: semolo, kuskuso, semolino
• Finnish: kuskus (fi)
• French: couscous (fr)
• Galician: cuscús m
• German: Couscous (de) m, n, Kuskus (de) m, n, Kuskusu m, n
• Hausa: kuskùs m
• Hebrew: כּוּסְכּוּס m (kus'kús)

• Hungarian: kuszkusz (hu)
• Japanese: クスクス (kusukusu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Maltese: kuskus
• Persian: کوسکوس (kuskus)
• Portuguese: cuscuz (pt) m
• Romanian: cușcuș (ro) n
• Russian: куску́с (ru) m (kuskús)
• Spanish: cuscús (es) m
• Turkish: kuskus (tr)
• Walloon: couscousse (wa) m
• Welsh: cwscws m
• Wolof: cere

Further reading

• couscous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Noun

couscous f, m (uncountable)

1. couscous

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuskus/

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
instructive		—	couscousein
abessive		couscousitta	couscouseitta
comitative		—	couscouseineen

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French

Alternative forms

• cous-cous (superseded spelling)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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kus.kus/

Noun

couscous m (plural couscous)

1. couscous

Derived terms

• couscousserie
• couscoussier
• couscoussière