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couscous.

A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkʊs.kʊs/UK/ˈkuːs.kuːs/UK/ˈkus.kus/US
  1. A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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