sou

Etymology

From French sou. Doublet of solidus.

Noun

sou (plural sous)

1. An old French copper coin.
2. (dated, slang) Cent; pocket money.
3. (dated) A thing of the smallest value; a whit; a jot.

   I do not care a sou for your excuses.

Anagrams

• -ous, OSU, USO, ous

Verb

sou

1. preterite of sal; would, should

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔw/
• Rhymes: -ɔw

Etymology 1

From Latin solidus.

Noun

sou m (plural sous)

1. salary, wage

Verb

sou

1. second-person plural present indicative form of ser
2. second-person plural imperative form of ser

Noun

sou

1. Alternative form of so

References

• Karl James Franklin, Pacific Linguistics (1973, →ISBN, page 130: Polopa so/sou woman, cf. DAR sou female animal but we woman.
• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 15: Boro, Suri, Tebera sou, Sopese šo

Etymology

Inherited from Latin solidus. Doublet of solide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su/

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• Homophones: saoul, saouls, soul, soûl, souls, soûls, sous

Noun

sou m (plural sous)

1. (historical, numismatics) sou (old French coin)
2. (by extension, chiefly in the plural, colloquial) money; cash

   Tu peux me prêter des sous ?

   Can you lend me some cash?

3. (Quebec, Louisiana, colloquial) cent (one hundredth of a dollar)

   Ça va être six piastres et vingt-cinq sous, s'il te plaît.

   That'll be six dollars and twenty-five cents, please.

See also

• chelin
• livre

Further reading

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

Preposition

sou

1. on
2. about, concerning

Romanization

sou

1. Rōmaji transcription of そう

Etymology

Akin to Finnish savu.

Noun

sou

1. smoke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zəʊ/ (basic form)
• IPA^(key): /zu/ (reduced)
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Adverb

sou

1. Alternative form of esou

Romanization

sou (Zhuyin ˙ㄙㄡ)

1. Nonstandard spelling of sōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sǒu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sòu.

Etymology

From Latin suum.

Adjective

sou (feminine sua, masculine plural sous, feminine plural sues)

1. his, her, its, their

Alternative forms

• sô (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈso(w)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsow/

Verb

sou

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of ser
   • 2007, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Rocco, page 589:

     Sou excepcionalmente famoso.

     I am exceptionally famous.

Etymology

Proto-Tai *su.A

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /θou˨˦/
• Tone numbers: sou¹
• Hyphenation: sou

Pronoun

sou (old orthography sou, Sawndip forms 𠈅, 修, 收, 苏, 唆, 数, 𠉑, 叟, 傃)

1. you (plural)

See also