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sou.

salary, wage

3 characters1 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈso̞w]Northern[ˈsɔw]Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia

  1. salary, wage

    masculine
    tinc un sou de 1200 euros
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan sou~sol, from Late Latin soldus, contraction of Latin solĭdus. Doublet of sòlid. Compare French sou.

pron[ˈsuw]Northern[ˈsow]Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia

  1. your, yours (singular, alluding to vostè)

  2. his, her/hers, its

  3. their, theirs

    archaic · rare
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan sou (feminine sua), from Latin suum, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”).

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