couscous
See also: Couscous
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
First attested circa 16th century, borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus) from Northern Saharan Berber seksu.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʊs.kʊs/, /ˈkuːs.kuːs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈkus.kus/
Noun edit
couscous (countable and uncountable, plural couscouses)
- 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 edit
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:couscous.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
pasta of North African origin
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Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from Northern Saharan Berber seksu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
couscous m (uncountable)
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
couscous
- Alternative form of kuskus
Declension edit
Inflection of couscous (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Alternative forms edit
- cous-cous (superseded spelling)
- couscoussou
- kesksou
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from Northern Saharan Berber seksu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
couscous m (plural couscous)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “couscous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.