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A person, especially when referring to an individual in a general or unspecified way.
La police a arrêté un individu suspect.
The police arrested a suspicious person.
Often used in formal or neutral contexts to refer to a person without specifying gender or identity.
'Un individu' is gender-neutral and can refer to any person, unlike 'un homme' (man) or 'une femme' (woman).
From Latin 'individuum', meaning 'indivisible' or 'individual'.
While 'un individu' can refer to any person, it is often used in contexts where the person's identity is not specified or is of secondary importance.