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English

Noun

sou

An old French copper coin.

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Catalan

Verb

(vosaltres) sou (second-person plural present indicative form of ser#Catalan|ser)

you are

Category:Catalan verb forms

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French

Etymology

Latin solidus

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at Fr-sou.ogg
w:IPA|IPA: /su/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /su/

Homophones

sous
saoul

Noun

sou (Plural: sous)

penny
Something nearly worthless, peanuts

Category:French nouns

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Mandarin

Pinyin syllable

sou

A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, sōu, sǒu, or sòu.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

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Portuguese

Verb form

sou

first-person singular present of ser

Category:Currency Category:Portuguese verb forms

ca:sou et:sou fr:sou ko:sou io:sou id:sou pt:sou ru:sou fi:sou vi:sou

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sou \Sou\, n.; pl. Sousor. [F. sou, OF. sol, from L. solidus a
gold coin, in LL., a coin of less value. See Sold, n.,
Solid, and and cf. Sol, Soldo.]
An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now
displaced by, the five-centime piece (1/20 of a franc), which
is popularly called a sou.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet sou
n : a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any
small amount of money; "he hasn't a sou to his name"

Moby Dictionary
Deutschmark , Mark , Reichsmark , a continental , a curse , a damn ,
a darn , a hoot , afghani , anna , bagatelle , baht , bauble , bean ,
bibelot , bit , brass farthing , button , cent , centavo , centime ,
conto , curio , dollar , dong , farce , farthing , feather , fig ,
fleabite , florin , folderol , franc , fribble , frippery , gaud , gewgaw ,
gimcrack , guilder , gulden , hair , halfpenny , hill of beans , jest ,
joke , kickshaw , kip , knickknack , knickknackery , kopeck , krona ,
krone , lira , milreis , minikin , mockery , molehill , peppercorn ,
peseta , picayune , pie , piece of eight , pin , pinch of snuff ,
pinprick , pistareen , pound , rand , rap , red cent , rial , row of pins ,
ruble , rupee , rush , shekel , shilling , shit , snap , sneeshing , sol ,
stiver , straw , toy , trifle , trinket , triviality , tuppence ,
two cents , twopence , whim-wham , won , yen