cuscús

See also: cuscus, Cuscus, cúscús, and cușcuș

Spanish

Alternative forms

• alcuzcuz (rare)

Etymology

Late 19th century, from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kusˈkus/ [kusˈkus]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: cus‧cús

Noun

cuscús m (plural cuscús)

1. couscous

Further reading

• “cuscús”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10