icelui

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.s(ə).lɥi/

Pronoun

icelui m (feminine icelle, masculine plural iceux, feminine plural icelles)

1. (now only in law or humorous, obsolete) this one

   Synonym: celui-ci

   • 1759, Voltaire, chapter 1, in Candide:

     Comment Candide fut élevé dans un beau château, et comment il fut chassé d’icelui.

     How Candide was raised in a beautiful castle, and how he was driven from such.

Further reading

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