different between orzo vs couscous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian orzo (“barley”), from Latin hordeum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??r?sdeyom (“bristly”). Compare orgeat.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???z??/, /???ts??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???zo?/, /???tso?/
• Hyphenation: or?zo

Noun

orzo (uncountable)

1. A form of pasta the size and shape of grains of rice or barley; often used in soups.

   Synonym: risoni

Translations

References

• “orzo”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN
• “orzo” in the Collins English Dictionary
• “orzo”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Rozo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r.d?zo/
• Hyphenation: òr?zo

Etymology 1

From Latin hordeum (see there for cognates), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??r?sdeyom (“bristly”). Compare Sicilian oriu.

Noun

orzo m (plural orzi)

1. (also uncountable) barley

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

orzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of orzare

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• cous-cous (superseded spelling)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).