sou

[ soo ]

/ su /

noun

(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.

sol².

Origin of sou

1810–20; <French; Old French solsol²

Words nearby sou

so to speak, sotted, sottish, sotto voce, SOTU, sou, souari nut, soubise, soubresaut, soubrette, soubriquet

Definition for sou (2 of 2)

sou.

south.

southern.

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Example sentences from the Web for sou

But the peasant is not lavish, and for whole weeks he did not bring back a sou.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.|Guy de Maupassant
A rough-looking sailor wearing a sou'wester and an oilskin hat was with Bob.
Nobody's Boy|Hector Malot
Perhaps if our luck still continued I could, if I saved sou by sou, get together the hundred and fifty francs.
Nobody's Boy|Hector Malot
Immediately on receiving Alie's message he came aft, and, having touched his sou'wester, waited for her to speak.
The Beautiful White Devil|Guy Boothby

The usual fee in a restaurant on the Continent is a sou on each franc of the bill, or one sou in twenty.
How to Travel|Thomas W. Knox

British Dictionary definitions for sou

sou

/ (suː) /

noun

a former French coin of low denomination

a very small amount of moneyI haven't a sou to my name

Word Origin for sou

C19: from French, from Old French sol, from Latin: solidus

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单词	sou
释义	sou [ soo ] / su / noun (formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes. sol². Origin of sou 1810–20; <French; Old French solsol² Words nearby sou so to speak, sotted, sottish, sotto voce, SOTU, sou, souari nut, soubise, soubresaut, soubrette, soubriquet Definition for sou (2 of 2) sou. south. southern. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sou But the peasant is not lavish, and for whole weeks he did not bring back a sou. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.\|Guy de Maupassant A rough-looking sailor wearing a sou'wester and an oilskin hat was with Bob. Nobody's Boy\|Hector Malot Perhaps if our luck still continued I could, if I saved sou by sou, get together the hundred and fifty francs. Nobody's Boy\|Hector Malot Immediately on receiving Alie's message he came aft, and, having touched his sou'wester, waited for her to speak. The Beautiful White Devil\|Guy Boothby The usual fee in a restaurant on the Continent is a sou on each franc of the bill, or one sou in twenty. How to Travel\|Thomas W. Knox British Dictionary definitions for sou sou / (suː) / noun a former French coin of low denomination a very small amount of moneyI haven't a sou to my name Word Origin for sou C19: from French, from Old French sol, from Latin: solidus Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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