couscous

See also: Couscous

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus) from Northern Saharan Berber seksu or from Tuareg keskesu. First use appears c. 1593.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʊs.kʊs/, /ˈkuːs.kuːs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkus.kus/

Noun

couscous (countable and uncountable, plural couscouses)

  1. 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

  • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:couscous.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from Northern Saharan Berber seksu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kusˈkus/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: cous‧cous
  • Rhymes: -us

Noun

couscous m (uncountable)

  1. couscous

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuskus/, [ˈkus̠kus̠]
  • Rhymes: -uskus

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
abessive couscousitta couscouseitta
instructive — couscousein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of couscous (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative couscousini couscousini
accusative nom. couscousini couscousini
gen. couscousini
genitive couscousini couscousieni
partitive couscousiani couscousejani
inessive couscousissani couscouseissani
elative couscousistani couscouseistani
illative couscousiini couscouseihini
adessive couscousillani couscouseillani
ablative couscousiltani couscouseiltani
allative couscousilleni couscouseilleni
essive couscousinani couscouseinani
translative couscousikseni couscouseikseni
abessive couscousittani couscouseittani
instructive — —
comitative — couscouseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative couscousisi couscousisi
accusative nom. couscousisi couscousisi
gen. couscousisi
genitive couscousisi couscousiesi
partitive couscousiasi couscousejasi
inessive couscousissasi couscouseissasi
elative couscousistasi couscouseistasi
illative couscousiisi couscouseihisi
adessive couscousillasi couscouseillasi
ablative couscousiltasi couscouseiltasi
allative couscousillesi couscouseillesi
essive couscousinasi couscouseinasi
translative couscousiksesi couscouseiksesi
abessive couscousittasi couscouseittasi
instructive — —
comitative — couscouseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative couscousimme couscousimme
accusative nom. couscousimme couscousimme
gen. couscousimme
genitive couscousimme couscousiemme
partitive couscousiamme couscousejamme
inessive couscousissamme couscouseissamme
elative couscousistamme couscouseistamme
illative couscousiimme couscouseihimme
adessive couscousillamme couscouseillamme
ablative couscousiltamme couscouseiltamme
allative couscousillemme couscouseillemme
essive couscousinamme couscouseinamme
translative couscousiksemme couscouseiksemme
abessive couscousittamme couscouseittamme
instructive — —
comitative — couscouseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative couscousinne couscousinne
accusative nom. couscousinne couscousinne
gen. couscousinne
genitive couscousinne couscousienne
partitive couscousianne couscousejanne
inessive couscousissanne couscouseissanne
elative couscousistanne couscouseistanne
illative couscousiinne couscouseihinne
adessive couscousillanne couscouseillanne
ablative couscousiltanne couscouseiltanne
allative couscousillenne couscouseillenne
essive couscousinanne couscouseinanne
translative couscousiksenne couscouseiksenne
abessive couscousittanne couscouseittanne
instructive — —
comitative — couscouseinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative couscousinsa couscousinsa
accusative nom. couscousinsa couscousinsa
gen. couscousinsa
genitive couscousinsa couscousiensa
partitive couscousiaan
couscousiansa 		couscousejaan
couscousejansa
inessive couscousissaan
couscousissansa 		couscouseissaan
couscouseissansa
elative couscousistaan
couscousistansa 		couscouseistaan
couscouseistansa
illative couscousiinsa couscouseihinsa
adessive couscousillaan
couscousillansa 		couscouseillaan
couscouseillansa
ablative couscousiltaan
couscousiltansa 		couscouseiltaan
couscouseiltansa
allative couscousilleen
couscousillensa 		couscouseilleen
couscouseillensa
essive couscousinaan
couscousinansa 		couscouseinaan
couscouseinansa
translative couscousikseen
couscousiksensa 		couscouseikseen
couscouseiksensa
abessive couscousittaan
couscousittansa 		couscouseittaan
couscouseittansa
instructive — —
comitative — couscouseineen
couscouseinensa

Further reading

French

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from Northern Saharan Berber seksu.

Pronunciation

Noun

couscous m (plural couscous)

  1. couscous

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: couscous
  • → English: couscous

Further reading

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