alcuzcuz
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic الكُسْكُس (al-kuskus), from كَسْكَسَ (kaskasa, “to pound, to pulverize”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alkuθˈkuθ/ [al.kuθˈkuθ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /alkusˈkus/ [al.kusˈkus] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -uθ (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -us (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: al‧cuz‧cuz
Noun
alcuzcuz m (plural alcuzcuces)
- rare form of cuscús
Further reading
- “alcuzcuz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025