sou

Meaning

  1. sou (old French coin)
  2. (colloquial) money; cash
  3. (colloquial) cent (one hundredth of a dollar)

Synonyms

très bon marché

monnaie de cuivre

demi-penny

Frequency

C1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/su/
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.

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