couscous

What does couscous mean?

couscous means "a spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in couscous?

couscous has 2 syllables and divides as cou-scous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is couscous a common word?

couscous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for couscous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.