celui

French

Alternative forms

• çui (colloquial)

Etymology

From icelui, from ici (“here”) +‎ lui (“him”) or from Vulgar Latin *ecce illui, (genitive-)dative masculine singular of *ecce ille (influenced by Latin cui 'to whom'; cf. French lui), from Latin ecce + ille. Compare Italian colui, cf. also Romanian acelui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.lɥi/, (informal) /sɥi/

• Audio:

  (file)

Pronoun

celui m (feminine celle, masculine plural ceux, feminine plural celles)

1. the one

   Le bon choix est celui que je vous ai indiqué.

   The right choice is the one I have indicated to you.

   Les états paranoïaques, tels que ceux de schizophrénie, peuvent sembler superficiellement similaires mais sont caractéristiquement différents.

   Paranoid states, such as those of schizophrenia, can appear similar on the surface, but they are fundamentally different.

   Contrairement au modèle français, le Président du Conseil ne dispose pas de pouvoir formel, tel que celui de désigner ou renvoyer les autres, ou encore la capacité de dissoudre le Parlement.

   Unlike the French model, the President of the Council does not have any formal power, such as that of appointing or dismissing others, or even the ability to dissolve Parliament.

Usage notes

• Always followed by a relative phrase or a prepositional phrase.
• Neuter or gender-neutral forms cellui (singular) and celleux (plural) are neologisms.

Derived terms

• celui-ci
• celui-là

Further reading

• “celui”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Lucie

Old French

Alternative forms

• celi

Pronoun

celui

1. this one; that one