different between yous vs sous

English

Alternative forms

• (pronoun) youse, youze

Etymology

you +? -s (“plural suffix”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ju?z/, /j?z/
• Rhymes: -u?z

Pronoun

yous

1. (dialectal, chiefly Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, New England, Northeastern United States, Chicago, Cincinnati, Liverpudlian, Cape Breton, Ireland, Scotland, Michigan, Teesside) You (plural). [from 19th c.]
2. (dialectal) You (singular).
   • 1909, PG Wodehouse, The Gem Collector:

     ‘Dere ain't no use for me dis side, Mr. Chames,’ he said. ‘New York's de spot. Youse don't want none of me, now you're married.’

   • 1938, Patrick Kavanagh, The Green Fool:

     ‘Yous will meet us here outside this pub,’ Harry Curniskey said.

   • 1988, Kathy Lette, Girls' Night Out:

     ‘But what I also seen is that youse have never had a real man before, datin' all them boys. Youse have never had anyone who'd stand up to youse.’

   • 1992, Edward Bond, In the Company of Men:

     You think yous can live wi'oot money! Few months doon this hell, you'll murder for money!

Usage notes

• Yous(e) as a plural is found mainly in (Northern) England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, northern Nova Scotia, parts of Ontario in Canada and parts of the northeastern United States (especially areas like Boston where there was historically Irish immigration) and in Mexican-American communities in the southwest. It also occurs in Scouse.
  • Both yourselves and, rarely, yousselves (or youseselves, coordinate with the spelling youse) are found as reflexive forms.
• Yous(e) as a singular is found in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Cincinnati [1] and scattered throughout working class Italian-American communities in the Rust Belt.
  • Both yourself and, rarely, yousself (or youseself, coordinate with the spelling youse) are found as reflexive forms.

Synonyms

• See the list of other second-person pronouns at you

Determiner

yous

1. (dialect) The group spoken or written to.

   What are yous kids doing?

Noun

yous

1. plural of you

Verb

yous

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of you

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