"celui" meaning in French

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Pronoun

IPA: /sə.lɥi/, /sɥi/ Audio: Fr-celui.ogg Forms: celle [feminine], ceux [masculine, plural], celles [feminine, plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|ici|lui|t1=here|t2=him}} ici (“here”) + lui (“him”), {{inh|fr|VL.|*ecce illui}} Vulgar Latin *ecce illui, {{der|fr|la|ecce}} Latin ecce, {{cog|it|colui}} Italian colui Head templates: {{fr-pron|m|f=celle|fp=celles|mp=ceux}} celui m (feminine celle, masculine plural ceux, feminine plural celles)
  1. the one Tags: masculine Synonyms: çui [colloquial] Derived forms: celui-ci, celui-là

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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