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 sol sol²

Definition for sou (2 of 2)

sou.

south.

southern.

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Examples 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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Word Origin and History for sou

sou

small French coin, 1550s, back-formation from sous, plural of Old French soul, formerly a coin worth one-twentieth of a livre, from Latin solidus (see solidus).

sou

noun

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