Definitions and meaning of sou
sou
Translingual
Symbol
sou
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Southern Thai.
See also
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- Wiktionary’s coverage of Southern Thai terms
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French sou. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, solidus, and xu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suː/
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- Homophone: sue
Noun
sou (plural sous)
- (historical) An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound.
- (dated, slang) Cent; pocket money.
- (dated) A thing of the smallest value; a whit; a jot.
Anagrams
- USO, U&Os, OSU, -ous, ous
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Verb
sou
- preterite of sal; would, should
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Catalan sou~sol, from Late Latin soldus, contraction of Latin solĭdus. Doublet of sòlid. Compare French sou.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɔw]
- Rhymes: -ɔw
Noun
sou m (plural sous)
- salary, wage
- Synonym: salari
- tinc un sou de 1200 euros ― I have a salary of 1200 euros
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsow]
- Rhymes: -ow
Verb
sou
- second-person plural present indicative of ser
- second-person plural present indicative of ésser
Etymology 3
Inherited from Old Catalan sou (feminine sua), from Latin suum, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”).
Alternative forms
- seu (non-Algherese dialects)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsow]
- Rhymes: -ow
Pronoun
sou (feminine sua, masculine plural sous, feminine plural sues)
- (Alghero) your, yours (singular, alluding to vostè)
- (Alghero) his, her/hers, its
- (Alghero, archaic, rare) their, theirs
Usage notes
- In contemporary Algherese, this word primarily gives reference to vostè. Only rarely does it give reference to multiple possessors, this use being archaic.
Descendants
- Catalan: seu
- Sicilian: sou, sua, soi, so'
See also
References
- “sou (2)”, in Diccionari d'Alguerés, 2022 May 17 (last accessed)
- El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 30
Further reading
- “sou”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
- “sou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Folopa
Noun
sou
- 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
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old French, inherited from Late Latin soldus, from Latin solidus. Doublet of solide. See also the form sol, which kept the historical spelling from Old French, even if it came to be pronounced like sou.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su/
- Rhymes: -u
- Homophones: sous, saoul, saouls, sol (one pronunciation), soul, soûl, souls, soûls
Noun
sou m (plural sous)
- (historical, numismatics) sou (old French coin)
- (by extension, chiefly in the plural, colloquial) money; cash
- Tu peux me prêter des sous ? ― Can you lend me some cash?
- (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.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: sou
- Louisiana Creole: sou
See also
Further reading
- “sou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Verb
sou
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of ser
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
Preposition
sou
- on
- about, concerning
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Chinese 書 (MC syo). Compare Bu-Nao Bunu hswb.
Pronunciation
Noun
sou
- book
Japanese
Romanization
sou
- Rōmaji transcription of そう
Leonese
Etymology
From Latin sum.
Verb
sou
- first-person singular present indicative of sere
Lindu
Noun
sou
- house; home
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic *sawe. Cognates include Finnish savu.
Noun
sou
- smoke
Louisiana Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su/
- Rhymes: -u
Etymology 1
Inherited from French saoul (“drunk”).
Adjective
sou
- drunk
- Synonyms: chak, ho, piké
Etymology 2
Inherited from French sou (“sou, cent”).
Noun
sou
- (money) (a) cent
- Synonym: pinné
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zəʊ/ (basic form)
- IPA(key): /zu/ (reduced)
- Rhymes: -əʊ
Adverb
sou
- alternative form of esou
Mandarin
Romanization
sou (sou5 / sou0, Zhuyin ˙ㄙㄡ)
- nonstandard spelling of sōu
- nonstandard spelling of sǒu
- nonstandard spelling of sòu
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Mirandese
Pronunciation
Verb
sou
- first-person singular present of ser
Old Catalan
Etymology
From Latin suum.
Adjective
sou (feminine sua, masculine plural sous, feminine plural sues)
- his, her, its, their
- Synonym: son
Descendants
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sum (“I am”). Cognate with Galician son, Spanish soy, Italian sono, French suis, and Romanian sunt.
Pronunciation
- Homophone: sô
- Rhymes: -ow, -o
- Hyphenation: sou
Verb
sou
- first-person singular present indicative of ser
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French sou.
Noun
sou n (plural souuri)
- (coin) sou
Declension
Sardinian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin suus.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
sou (plural suos, feminine sua, feminine plural suas)
- his, her, hers
Related terms
- meu
- tuu/tou/tuo
- nostru
- bostru/vostru
- issoro
Sassarese
Pronunciation
Determiner
sou (feminine singular soa, plural soi)
- alternative form of sóiu
Pronoun
sou m (feminine singular soa, masculine and feminine plural soi)
- alternative form of sóiu
References
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
Ternate
Pronunciation
Noun
sou
- medicine
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
West Makian
Etymology
Likely cognate with Ternate sou (“medicine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sou
- magic, sorcery
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics (as sow)
Zhuang
Etymology
Cognate with Proto-Southwestern Tai *suːᴬ (“you (plural)”); whence Thai สู (sǔu), Northern Thai ᩈᩪ, Isan สู, Lao ສູ (sū), Lü ᦉᦴ (ṡuu), Tai Dam ꪎꪴ, Shan သူ (sǔu), Tai Nüa ᥔᥧᥴ (sú), Ahom 𑜏𑜥 (sū).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /θou˨˦/
- Tone numbers: sou1
- Hyphenation: sou
Pronoun
sou (Sawndip forms 𠈅[1] or 修[1] or 收[1] or 苏[1] or 唆[1] or 数[1] or 𠉑[1] or 叟[1] or ⿰亻祖[1] or ⿰亻初[1] or 傃[1], 1957–1982 spelling sou)
- you (plural)
See also
References
Source: wiktionary.org