couscous
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
/ˈkʊs.kʊs/
(UK)
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/ˈkʊs.kʊs/ (UK) · /ˈkuːs.kuːs/ (UK) · /ˈkus.kus/ (US)
Definition of couscous
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.
“Karou took the plate of couscous and vegetables.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from a Berber language. First use appears c. 1593.
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