icelui
French, pronoun/i.s(ə).lɥi/
icelui is a French masculine pronoun meaning “this one, the latter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “ou Celui-ci, celui-là, la personne ou la chose dont on vient de parler. S’emploie dans le style de procédure…”.
What does icelui mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
masculineobsoletethis one, the latter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
determiner: 1. ou Ce, cet.
pronoun: 1. ou Celui-ci, celui-là, la personne ou la chose dont on vient de parler. S’emploie dans le style de procédure ou plaisanterie.
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 icelui
- icelle feminine
- iceux masculine plural
- icelles feminine plural
- içuil
- iceluy archaic
- ycelui archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce icelui?
- /i.s(ə).lɥi/
- \i.sə.lɥi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is icelui in French?
icelui appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).