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SOU:

Definition

1 : sol entry 2
2 : a 5-centime piece

SOU in a Sentence:

I’m not giving you anything:

Not a sou.

First Known Use of SOU: 1814

History and Etymology for SOU:

French, from Old French sol, from Late Latin solidus solidus

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Translation of SOU from French:
masculine noun

Je n’ai pas un sou sur moi: I haven’t got a penny on me.

sou à sou: penny by penny

sans le sou: penniless

près de ses sous: tight-fisted

pas un sou de bon sens: not an ounce of common sense, not a scrap of common sense

de quatre sous: worthless

Collins French-English Dictionary

 

Translation of SOU from Catalan:

solidus; ECON wage, salary, pay

Diccionari de la Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

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