sous
/suːz/
sous is the plural of sou.
sous is the obsolete form of sou.
sous is the plural of sous.
sous is the clipping of sous-chef.
Meaning of sou
Noun
sou (plural sous)
- An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound.
- He is grey, flat-footed and withered, with long, brittle nails that set your nerves on edge while he scrapes up your two sous.1918 February (date written), Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Je ne parle pas français”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC...
- Cent; pocket money.
- A thing of the smallest value; a whit; a jot.
- I do not care a sou for your excuses.
Meaning of sous-chef
Noun
sous-chef (plural sous-chefs)
- The chef underneath the head chef in the chef's hierarchy.
Proper noun capitalized: Sous
Sous
- plural of Sou
Forms of sous
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Phrases with sous
Words that rhyme with sous
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- amuse
- bemuse
- choose
- excuse
- misuse
- muse
- ooze
- peruse
- accuse
- booze
- druse
- news
- ruse
- snooze
- suffuse
- transfuse
- who's
- whose
- circumfuse
- cooze
- defuse
- diffuse
- enthuse
- flues
- fuze
- jalouse
- mews
- perfuse
- snooz
- Toulouse
- twos
- yous
- 'scuse
- accrues
- aloos
- bambooze
- blooze
- boos
- boose
- brews
- canoes
- chews
- clews
- clues
- construes
- contuse
- coos
- coups
Questions about sous
- What is sous the plural of?
- Sous is the plural of sou.
- What part of speech is sous?
- Sous is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sous?
- Sous is pronounced /suːz/.
Words near sous in the dictionary
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