alcuzcuz

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /alkuθˈkuθ/

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /alkusˈkus/

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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