What does "couscous" mean?

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

Couscous

Common synonyms include: cereal dish, grain dish, grain product, semolina dish, semolina granules, semolina pearls.

/ˈkus.kus/ noun

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Noun

1
A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina. countable, uncountable
"Karou took the plate of couscous and vegetables."
2
a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina wordnet
3
a spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew wordnet

"They rolled the couscous of Mazigh's wedding party."

Borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from a Berber language. First use appears c. 1593.