sous

See also: Sous and sous-

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːz/
• Rhymes: -uːz

Noun

sous

1. plural of sou

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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.

See also

• sous-vide

Anagrams

• USOS, USOs

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch saus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sœu̯s/

• Audio

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Noun

sous (plural souse, diminutive sousie)

1. sauce

Derived terms

• tamatiesous

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronoun

sous

1. (Alghero) masculine plural of sou

Etymology 2

Noun

sous

1. plural of sou

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su/

• Audio

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French soubs, soubz, from Old French sus, sos, suz, soz, sost, from Latin subtus, which is derived from Latin sub. Cognate to Italian sotto.

Preposition

sous

1. below, under

Derived terms

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

 

Etymology 2

Noun

sous m

1. plural of sou
2. (slang) money

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

1. source

Mirandese

Adjective

sous

1. masculine plural of sou

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)

Etymology 2

Noun

sous m pl

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

Old Catalan

Etymology

From Latin suōs.

Adjective

sous

1. masculine plural of sou