different between couscous vs tajine

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• cous-cous (superseded spelling)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).

English

Etymology

From Moroccan Arabic ??????? (?aj?n), from Arabic ??????? (??jin, “shallow earthen pot”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (tág?non, “frying pan, saucepan”), further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t???i?n/, /tæ?d?i?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t???in/, /t??d?in/
• Rhymes: -i?n
• Hyphenation: ta?jine

Noun

tajine (plural tajines)

1. (cooking) An earthenware cooking pot of North African origin, consisting of a shallow, round dish without handles and a tall, conical or dome-shaped lid.
2. (by extension) A stew, originally from Morocco, the ingredients of which are traditionally cooked slowly in such a pot; the dish is normally served with couscous.

Alternative forms

• tagin, tagine
• tajin

Translations

References

Further reading

• tajine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Janite

French

Noun

tajine m (plural tajines)

1. Alternative spelling of tagine

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Noun

tajine m (plural tajines)

1. Alternative spelling of tagine