Celelalte

Celelalte is a Romanian grammatical form that functions as a determiner or pronoun meaning “the other ones” or “the rest.” It is used with feminine plural nouns to refer to the subset of items remaining within a group after some have been specified or excluded. For example, celelalte haine means “the other clothes,” and celelalte femei means “the other women.” The form identifies a distinct portion of a larger feminine plural set.

Morphology and usage notes: celelalte is the feminine plural form arising from the combined sense of the definite determiner with the concept of “the other.” In standard Romanian, the corresponding masculine plural form is cei alți (or ceilalți), and the feminine plural counterpart is celelalte (also encountered as celelalte in some dialects or stylistic contexts). Celelalte can appear before a noun as a determiner (celelalte haine) or function pronominally to refer back to feminine nouns already mentioned. The exact choice between celelalte and celelalte can vary by dialect or register but both convey the idea of “the other ones.”

See also: celălalt, ceilalți, celelalte.

Notes: As a common Romanian grammatical element, celelalte is typically taught in introductory Romanian grammar as part of the system for forming definite references to subsets within a plural noun group. It does not represent a separate semantic concept beyond indicating the remaining members of a feminine plural set.