Masculine
sou
Meaning
- (historical, masculine) sou (old French coin)
- (broadly, colloquial, in-plural, masculine) money; cash
- (Louisiana, Quebec, colloquial, masculine) cent (one hundredth of a dollar)
Synonyms
Translations
sou
centesimo
para
Groschen
penicFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/su/
Etymology
In summary
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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