celui.
the one
Meaning & usage
the one
Le bon choix est celui que je vous ai indiqué.
Les états paranoïaques, tels que ceux de schizophrénie, peuvent sembler superficiellement similaires mais sont caractéristiquement différents.
Where this word comes from
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.
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