sous

sous

See also: Sous and sous-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːz/
• Rhymes: -uːz

Noun

sous

1. plural of sou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

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 […]

2. plural of sous

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

sous (plural sous)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• USOS, USOs

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch saus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sœu̯s/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

sous (plural souse, diminutive sousie)

1. sauce

Derived terms

• tamatiesous

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Catalan

Pronoun

sous

1. (Alghero) masculine plural of sou

Noun

sous

1. plural of sou

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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

1. below, under

Derived terms

• dessous
• sou-
• sous-
• sous peu
• sous vide

 

Noun

sous m

1. plural of sou
2. (slang) money

References

1. 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.

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French source (“source”).

Noun

sous

1. source

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Mirandese

Adjective

sous

1. masculine plural of sou

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Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French sus, sos, suz, soz, sost, from Latin subtus, from sub.

Preposition

sous

1. (Guernsey) below, under

Alternative forms

• souôs (Jersey)

Noun

sous m pl

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

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Old Catalan

Etymology

From Latin suōs.

Adjective

sous

1. masculine plural of sou