sou
pronunciation
How to pronounce sou in British English:
UK [su:]
How to pronounce sou in American English:
US [su]
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- Noun:
- a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money
Word Origin
- sou (n.)
- 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).
Example
- 1. My wife ill , and not a sou !
- 2. Jean valjean accepted the sou with a deep bow .
- 3. Sou fujimoto architects designed a building with four living units in tokyo , japan .
- 4. Nobody in that house full of gold ever saw a sou lying about .
- 5. Sou 're saying that u can just treat me like a child whenever you want to .