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celui

/sə.lɥi/

pronoun/sə.lɥi/

the one

Le bon choix est celui que je vous ai indiqué.The right choice is the one I have indicated to you.

Related: celui-ci, celui-là

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.