sous
See also: Sous and sous-
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suːz/
- Rhymes: -uːz
Noun
sous
- plural of sou
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suː/
- Rhymes: -uː
Noun
sous (plural sous)
- 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 […]
- 1802, Laurence Sterne, A sentimental journey through France and Italy (page 28)
- plural of sous
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suː/
- Rhymes: -uː
Noun
sous (plural sous)
- Short for 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.
- 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
Anagrams
- USOS, USOs
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch saus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sœu̯s/
Audio (file)
Noun
sous (plural souse, diminutive sousie)
- sauce
Derived terms
- tamatiesous
Catalan
Pronoun
sous
- (Alghero) masculine plural of sou
Noun
sous
- plural of sou
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su/
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
From Middle French soubs, soubz, from Old French sus, sos, suz, soz, sost, from Latin subtus, which is derived from Latin sub.[1] Cognate to Italian sotto.
Preposition
sous
- below, under
Derived terms
- dessous
- sou-
- sous-
- sous peu
- sous vide
Noun
sous m
- plural of sou
- (slang) money
References
- Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert
Further reading
- “sous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French source (“source”).
Noun
sous
- source
Mirandese
Adjective
sous
- masculine plural of sou
Norman
Etymology 1
From Old French sus, sos, suz, soz, sost, from Latin subtus, from sub.
Preposition
sous
- (Guernsey) below, under
Alternative forms
- souôs (Jersey)
Noun
sous m pl
- plural of sou
- (Guernsey, plural only) money
Old Catalan
Etymology
From Latin suōs.
Adjective
sous
- masculine plural of sou