couscous

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Borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from a Berber language. First use appears c. 1593.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كُسْكُس (kuskus) — pasta of North African origin
• Arabic: كُسكُس (kuskus) — pasta of North African origin
• Arabic: كسكسو (ksaksu) — pasta of North African origin
• Arabic: سكسو (saksu) — pasta of North African origin
• Arabic: طعام (ṭʕām) — pasta of North African origin
• Assamese: কুচকুচ (kusokus) — pasta of North African origin
• Bengali: কুসকুস (kuśokus) — pasta of North African origin
• Catalan: cuscús — pasta of North African origin
• Chinese Mandarin: 蒸粗麥粉 /蒸粗麦粉 (zhēngcūmàifěn) — pasta of North African origin
• Chinese Mandarin: 古斯米 (gǔsīmǐ) — pasta of North African origin
• Chinese Mandarin: 中東米 /中东米 (zhōngdōngmǐ) — pasta of North African origin
• Czech: kuskus — pasta of North African origin
• Dutch: couscous — pasta of North African origin
• Esperanto: kuskuso — pasta of North African origin
• Finnish: kuskus — pasta of North African origin
• French: couscous — pasta of North African origin
• Galician: cuscús — pasta of North African origin
• German: Couscous — pasta of North African origin
• German: Kuskus — pasta of North African origin
• German: Kuskusu — pasta of North African origin
• Hausa: kuskùs — pasta of North African origin
• Hebrew: כּוּסְכּוּס (kus'kús) — pasta of North African origin
• Hindi: कुसकुस (kuskus) — pasta of North African origin
• Hungarian: kuszkusz — pasta of North African origin
• Icelandic: kúskús — pasta of North African origin
• Irish: cúscús — pasta of North African origin
• Italian: cuscus — pasta of North African origin
• Japanese: クスクス (kusukusu) — pasta of North African origin
• Korean: 쿠스쿠스 (kuseukuseu) — pasta of North African origin
• Maltese: kuskus — pasta of North African origin
• Occitan: coscós — pasta of North African origin
• Persian: کوسکوس (kuskus) — pasta of North African origin
• Polish: kuskus — pasta of North African origin
• Portuguese: cuscuz — pasta of North African origin
• Romanian: cușcuș — pasta of North African origin
• Russian: куску́с (kuskús) — pasta of North African origin
• Sicilian: cùscusu — pasta of North African origin
• Spanish: cuscús — pasta of North African origin
• Tachawit: aberbuc — pasta of North African origin
• Turkish: kuskus — pasta of North African origin
• Walloon: couscousse — pasta of North African origin
• Welsh: cwscws — pasta of North African origin
• Wolof: cere — pasta of North African origin