sou Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money
    • he hasn't a sou to his name

WordNet

Sou noun
Etymology
F. sou, OF. sol, from L. solidus a gold coin, in LL., a coin of less value. See Sold, n., Solid, and and cf. Sol, Soldo.
Wordforms
plural Sous ∨
Definitions
  1. An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now displaced by, the five-centime piece (1⁄20 of a franc), which is popularly called a sou.

Webster 1913