sout

See also: Sout.

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saʊt/

Noun

sout

Obsolete form of soot.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sout”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Otsu, SOTU, Tsou, otsu, oust, outs, tOSU

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sœu̯t/

Etymology 1

From Dutch zout, from Middle Dutch sout, from Old Dutch *salt, from Proto-Germanic *saltą (noun), *saltaz (adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls.

Noun

sout (plural soute)

salt
Die seun het mos twee kilo sout gehaal.
The boy must have brought two kilogrammes of salt.

Derived terms

Adjective

sout (attributive sout, comparative souter, superlative soutste)

salt, salty
Is dit nie te sout nie?
Isn't it too salty?

Die sout seewind waai deur sy hare.
The salt sea wind is blowing through his hairs.

Etymology 2

From Dutch zouten, from Middle Dutch souten, from Old Dutch *saltan, from Proto-Germanic *saltaną.

Verb

sout (present sout, present participle soutende, past participle gesout)

(transitive) to salt, to salten
Ons moet die sop gaan sout.
We have to go salt the soup.