different between burghul vs couscous

English

Noun

burghul (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of bulgur

Anagrams

• bulghur

English

Alternative forms

• cuscus, kuskus (dated)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?s.k?s/, /?ku?s.ku?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kus.kus/

Etymology

First attested circa 16th century, borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic ???????? (kuskus) from Tagargrent ???? (seksu).

Noun

couscous (countable and uncountable, plural couscouses)

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

Quotations

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:couscous.

Derived terms

• couscoussier

Translations

Further reading

• couscous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic ???????? (kuskus), from Tagargrent ???? (seksu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kus?kus/
• Hyphenation: cous?cous
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

couscous m (uncountable)

1. couscous

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kuskus/, [?kus?kus?]

Noun

couscous

1. Alternative form of kuskus

Declension

French

Alternative forms

• cous-cous (superseded spelling)
• couscoussou
• kesksou

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (kuskus), from Tagargrent ???? (seksu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kus.kus/
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

couscous m (plural couscous)

1. couscous

Derived terms

• couscousserie
• couscoussier
• couscoussière

Descendants

• ? Dutch: couscous
• ? English: couscous

Further reading

• “couscous” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).