page_title: French sol
section_title: Canada
hierarchical_section_title: French sol / Sous outside France / Canada
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: 5 Rappen vorne Français&#160;: 5 centimes
context_page_description: The sol, later called a sou, is the name of a number of different coins, for accounting or payment, dating from Antiquity to today. The name is derived from the solidus. Its longevity of use anchored it in many expressions of the French language.
context_section_description: In Canada, the word "sou" is used in everyday language and means the division of the Canadian dollar. The official term is "cent". The one cent coins have the vernacular name of "sou noir" ("black sou") and the 25 cents that of "thirty sous". "Échanger quatre trente sous pour une piastre" ("to exchange four 30 sous for one piastre") therefore means changing something for an identical thing, as the "piastre" is the common name for the Canadian dollar.
caption: Current five Swiss centimes
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