French dictionary
ceci/sə.si/
pronoun · A2 · Frequency 579
pronouncommon
Meanings
this
Demonstrative pronoun used to refer to something nearby or just mentioned.
Examples
Je te prête ceci pour la réunion de demain.
I am lending you this for tomorrow's meeting.
Ceci explique pourquoi le train est arrivé en retard.
This explains why the train arrived late.
Ne touche pas à ceci avant mon retour.
Do not touch this before I return.
Collocations
- ceci estthis is
- ceci signifiethis means
- ceci inclutthis includes
Common mistakes
Ceci livre est intéressant.
Ce livre est intéressant.
The lemma ceci is a pronoun and cannot directly modify a noun; use ce before the noun instead, while ceci must stand alone as a demonstrative pronoun.