sol

sol is masculine in French.

soil, earth; ground; floor

From Latin solum (“soil, ground, floor”).

sol is masculine in French.

sol (the fifth step (G) in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la)

Related: clef de sol

From Latin sol(ve) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist where all note names were taken from.

sol is masculine in French.

a Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value

From Spanish sol (“sun”), itself from Latin sol.

sol is masculine in French.

sou (the feudal era coin)

From Latin solidus, a Roman coin. This form kept the historical spelling based on the Old French and Latin. See the main entry at sou.