alcuzcuz

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic الكُسْكُس (al-kuskus), from كَسْكَسَ (kaskasa, “to pound, to pulverize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alkuθˈkuθ/ [al.kuθˈkuθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alkusˈkus/ [al.kusˈkus]
• Rhymes: -uθ
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: al‧cuz‧cuz

Noun

alcuzcuz m (plural alcuzcuces)

1. Rare form of cuscús.

Further reading

• “alcuzcuz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28