cellui
French, pronoun/sɛ.lɥi/
cellui is spelled C-E-L-L-U-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cellui is a French neuter pronoun meaning “the one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Utilisé pour remplacer la personne au genre indéterminé dont on parle”.
What does cellui mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
neuterthe one
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Utilisé pour remplacer la personne au genre indéterminé dont on parle 2. Utilisé pour remplacer la personne non-binaire dont on parle
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cellui
- celleux plural
- ceulles plural
- celui singular masculine
- ceux plural masculine
- celle singular feminine
- celles plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cellui?
- /sɛ.lɥi/
- /se.lɥi/
- \sɛl.lɥi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cellui in French?
cellui appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).