celui
التعريفات والمعاني
== 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/
=== Pronoun ===
celui m (feminine celle, masculine plural ceux, feminine plural celles)
the one
==== 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 ====
=== 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
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
(regional, Transylvania, Banat) to deceive, cheat
===== Conjugation =====
===== Derived terms =====
celuială
celuit
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.luj/
==== Determiner ====
celui
genitive/dative masculine/neuter singular of cel
=== References ===