couscous
See also: Couscous
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus) from Northern Saharan Berber seksu or from Tuareg keskesu. First use appears c. 1593.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʊs.kʊs/, /ˈkuːs.kuːs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈkus.kus/
Noun
editcouscous (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
editTranslations
editpasta of North African origin
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Further reading
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from Northern Saharan Berber seksu.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcouscous m (uncountable)
Finnish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcouscous
- Alternative form of kuskus
Declension
editInflection 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[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
editAlternative forms
edit- cous-cous (superseded spelling)
- couscoussou
- kesksou
Etymology
editBorrowed from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from Northern Saharan Berber seksu.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcouscous m (plural couscous)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “couscous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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