cuscuz

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), first attested in the 15th century.[1] The lack of the ال (al-) article shows its later adoption in the language. Compare Spanish cuscús and French couscous.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kusˈku(j)s/ [kusˈku(ɪ̯)s]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -us, (Portugal) -uʃ
  • Hyphenation: cus‧cuz

Noun

cuscuz m (plural cuscuz or cuscuzes)

  1. couscous (semolina-based pasta of North African origin)
  2. (Brazil) cornmeal; ricemeal (a similar pasta based on corn or rice)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Cuscuz”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume II, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 269

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