alcuzcuz
Spanish 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) /alkusˈkus/ [al.kusˈkus]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -uθ
- (Latin America) 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014