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) /alkusˈkus/ [al.kusˈkus]
(Spain) Rhymes: -uθ
(Latin America) Rhymes: -us
Syllabification: al‧cuz‧cuz

Noun

alcuzcuz m (plural alcuzcuces)

Rare form of cuscús.

Further reading

“alcuzcuz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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