# couscous
## English
### Alternative forms

* cuscousou, cuscus, cuscusu, kuskus (dated)

### 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: /ˈkʊs.kʊs/, /ˈkuːs.kuːs/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈkus.kus/

### Noun

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

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

#### Derived terms

* couscoussier
* Israeli couscous

#### Translations
### Further reading

* couscous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

couscous m (uncountable)
* couscous

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuskus/, [ˈkus̠kus̠]
* Rhymes: -uskus

### Noun

couscous
* Alternative form of kuskus

#### Declension

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

* “couscous”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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
### Alternative forms

* cous-cous (superseded spelling)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

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kus.kus/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -us

### Noun

couscous m (plural couscous)
* couscous

#### Derived terms

* couscousserie
* couscoussier
* couscoussière

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: couscous
* → English: couscous

### Further reading

* “couscous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.