sous

CEFRB2

/suːz/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

Examples

The sous chef stood at the stove, stirring the simmering soup with a large spoon.
Tom was promoted to sous chef.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Also pronounced

Deep Dive

In context

A tritish maxim and not worth a sous
The moment I cast my eyes upon him, I was predetermined not to give him a single sous […]
Denise left the Generator [restaurant] in the hands of her sous and took the train to New York to bail out her feckless brother and entertain her parents.

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The moment I cast my eyes upon him, I was predetermined not to give him a single sous […]
1802, Laurence Sterne, A sentimental journey through France and Italy, page 28
A tritish maxim and not worth a sous
1822, The Manchester Iris: A Literary and Scientific Miscellany, page 371
Denise left the Generator [restaurant] in the hands of her sous and took the train to New York to bail out her feckless brother and entertain her parents.
2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
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.
2014, Michael Gibney, Sous Chef: 24 Hours in the Kitchen

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