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:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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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

See also

French demonstrative pronouns

number	indeterminate	singular		plural
gender		masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
incomplete	ce	celui	celle	ceux	celles
proximal	ceci	celui-ci	celle-ci	ceux-ci	celles-ci
distal or neutral	cela, ça	celui-là	celle-là	ceux-là	celles-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

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hungarian csalni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.lu.ˈi/

Verb

a celui (third-person singular present celuiește, past participle celuit) 4th conjugation

1. (regional, Transylvania, Banat) to deceive, cheat

Conjugation

    conjugation of celui (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a celui
gerund			celuind
past participle			celuit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	celuiesc	celuiești	celuiește	celuim	celuiți	celuiesc
	imperfect	celuiam	celuiai	celuia	celuiam	celuiați	celuiau
	simple perfect	celuii	celuiși	celui	celuirăm	celuirăți	celuiră
	pluperfect	celuisem	celuiseși	celuise	celuiserăm	celuiserăți	celuiseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să celuiesc	să celuiești	să celuiască	să celuim	să celuiți	să celuiască
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		celuiește			celuiți
	negative		nu celui			nu celuiți

Derived terms

• celuială
• celuit

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.luj/

Determiner

celui

1. genitive/dative masculine/neuter singular of cel