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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Sous

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[F.

sou

, OF.

sol

, from L.

solidus

a gold coin, in LL., a coin of less value. See

Noun.

, and and cf.

An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now displaced by, the five-centime piece (¹&frasl;₂₀of a franc), which is popularly called a

sou

Noun.

plu.

sous. A French money of account, and a copper coin, in value the 20th part of a livre or of a franc.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sou"

sǒu (Zhuyin ㄙㄡˇ)