sous

• IPA^(key): /suːz/

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• Rhymes: -uːz

sous

1. plural of sou

• IPA^(key): /suː/
• Rhymes: -uː

sous (plural sous)

1. Obsolete form of sou (“French coin”).
   • 1802, Laurence Sterne, A sentimental journey through France and Italy, page 28:

     The moment I cast my eyes upon him, I was predetermined not to give him a single sous […]

   • 1822, The Manchester Iris: A Literary and Scientific Miscellany, page 371:

     A tritish maxim and not worth a sous

2. plural of sous

• IPA^(key): /suː/
• Rhymes: -uː

sous (plural sous)

1. Clipping of sous-chef.
   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     Denise left the Generator [restaurant] in the hands of her sous and took the train to New York to bail out her feckless brother and entertain her parents.

   • 2014, Michael Gibney, Sous Chef: 24 Hours in the Kitchen:

     A chef always looks out for his sous chef; a sous is always “under” his chef's wing—guided, nurtured, cared for, long after the stoves are turned off and the aprons are hung up. While other cooks are apprenticed to the kitchen, the sous is the lieutenant, the executor of Chef's wishes.

• sous-vide

• USOS, USOs

From Dutch saus.

• IPA^(key): /sœu̯s/

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sous (plural souse, diminutive sousie)

1. sauce

• tamatiesous

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsows]

sous

1. (Alghero) masculine plural of sou

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɔws]

sous

1. plural of sou (“salary, wage”)

• IPA^(key): /su/

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• Homophones: saoul, saouls, sou, soue, soues

From Middle French soubs, from Old French soz, from Latin subtus.

sous

1. below, under

sous m

1. plural of sou
2. (slang) money

• “sous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From French source (“source”).

• IPA^(key): /sus/

sous

1. source

sous

1. masculine plural of sou

sous (Guernsey)

1. alternative form of souôs (“below, under”)

sous m pl

1. plural of sou
2. (Guernsey, plural only) money

From Latin suōs.

sous

1. masculine plural of sou