How do you pronounce cuscus?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌs.kəs/.

cuscus

/ˈkʌs.kəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: cus-cus
IPA: /ˈkʌs.kəs/

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Meaning

noun

Any arboreal marsupial of most genera of the family Phalangeridae, native to northern Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.

noun

vetiver

Indian usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Without eggs, cocoa-nuts, or plantains, we had very short commons, and the boisterous weather being unpropitious for fishing, we had to live on what few eatable birds we could shoot, with an occasional cuscus, or eastern opossum, the only quadruped, except pigs, inhabiting the island."

Etymology

From New Latin Cuscus, former genus name, ultimately (probably via French and Dutch koeskoes) from a local word for the marsupials in a language of the Moluccas.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Cuscus, -, koeskoes

Usage

Inflected Forms

cuscuses (plural)

Phrases

Admiralty Island cuscus Australian spotted cuscus Banggai cuscus black-spotted cuscus blue-eyed cuscus blue-eyed spotted cuscus common spotted cuscus eastern common cuscus

Synonyms

khus

Rhymes With

fuscous