different between soum vs sous

English

Etymology 1

Noun

soum (plural soums)

1. Alternative form of sowm (“proportion of sheep or cattle for pasture”)

Verb

soum (third-person singular simple present soums, present participle souming, simple past and past participle soumed)

1. Alternative form of sowm (“determine the proportion of sheep or cattle for pasture”)

Etymology 2

Noun

soum

1. plural of som

Anagrams

• MOUs, MoUs, Mous, SUMO, Sumo, muso, sumo

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?z/

Noun

sous

1. plural of sou

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?/

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): /su?/

Noun

sous (plural sous)

1. Short for sous-chef.
   • 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

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch saus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sœu?s/

Noun

sous (plural souse, diminutive sousie)

1. sauce

Derived terms

• tamatiesous

Catalan

Noun

sous

1. plural of sou

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su/

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Noun

sous m

1. plural of sou
2. (slang) money

References

Further reading

• “sous” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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 su?s.

Adjective

sous

1. masculine plural of sou