Definitions and meaning of sou
sou
Etymology
Borrowed from French sou. Doublet of solidus and soldo.
Noun
sou (plural sous)
- An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers.
- (dated, slang) Cent; pocket money.
- (dated) A thing of the smallest value; a whit; a jot.
- I do not care a sou for your excuses.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Verb
sou
- preterite of sal; would, should
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈsɔw/
- Rhymes: -ɔw
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin soldus, from contraction of Latin solidus. Doublet of sòlid.
Noun
sou m (plural sous)
- salary, wage
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Verb
sou
- second-person plural present indicative form of ser
- second-person plural imperative form of ser
Further reading
- “sou” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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
Etymology
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/
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- Homophones: saoul, saouls, soul, soûl, souls, soûls, sous
Noun
sou m (plural sous)
- (historical, numismatics) sou (old French coin)
- (by extension, chiefly in the plural, colloquial) money; cash
- (Quebec, Louisiana, colloquial) cent (one hundredth of a dollar)
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “sou” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Haitian Creole
Preposition
sou
- on
- about, concerning
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Chinese 書 (MC ɕɨʌ).
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
Akin to Finnish savu.
Noun
sou
- smoke
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zəʊ/ (basic form)
- IPA(key): /zu/ (reduced)
- Rhymes: -əʊ
Adverb
sou
- Alternative form of esou
Mandarin
Romanization
sou (Zhuyin ˙ㄙㄡ)
- Nonstandard spelling of sōu.
- Nonstandard spelling of sǒu.
- Nonstandard spelling of sòu.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
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
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈso(w)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsow/
Verb
sou
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of ser
Zhuang
Etymology
From 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 (suu)).
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)
- you (plural)
See also
Source: wiktionary.org- SOTTISHNESS, the state of being sottish.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)