înregistra

Forms

înregistra (third-person singular present înregistrează, past participle înregistrat), 1st conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French enregistrer (“to register, to record”), a neologism of the 19th century.^{[2][3][4][5][1]} The French verb is formed with en- on registre (“register”) and the verb ending -er.^[1] Pontbriant analysed the Romanian verb as în- and registru.^[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record we have is Pontbriant's dictionary of 1862, which glosses it with French enregistrer and inscrire.^[6] MDA2 cites Ion Ghica's Scrisori către V. Alecsandri (edition of 1887), where chroniclers “recorded day by day” what happened in their time.^[2][5]

Semantic evolution

The first sense is to enter a document or a petition in a register under a number; from it came to note something down, to take note of a fact.^[5][7] DA already has the sense of instruments that record physical phenomena, and quotes the newspaper Curentul of 1930 on falls registered on the stock exchange.^[5] Later dictionaries add the recording of sound and images, a figurative “to fix in one's memory”, and “to achieve, to register” a result.^[3][2] NODEX adds the checking in of luggage before a journey.^[8]

Timeline

• 1862 – in Pontbriant's dictionary.^[6]
• 1887 – in the edition of Ion Ghica's letters to Alecsandri.^[2]
• 1930 – of falls in share prices, in the newspaper Curentul.^[5]

Meanings

Verb

1. To register: to enter in a register.^[3][2]
2. To note down a fact or event in writing; to record sounds or images by technical means: Formația a înregistrat un album nou.^[3][2]
3. (figurative) To fix in one's memory.^[3][2]
4. To obtain a result or achievement: a înregistrat o creștere a vânzărilor.^[3]
5. (physics, of instruments) To measure and record phenomena such as earthquakes.^[2][9]

Word family

• înregistrare

Related words

• registru

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 1244
3. ^ a b c d e f DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 552
4. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. înregistra
5. ^ a b c d e Academia Română (1913–1949), Dicționarul limbii române (DA), ed. Sextil Pușcariu, tom I (A–B, C, D–De) and tom II (F–I, J–Lojniță), București: Socec / Universul / Monitorul Oficial și Imprimeriile Statului; page scans at cflr-scans.solirom.ro, p. s.v. înregistrá
6. ^ a b c Pontbriant, Raoul de (1862), Dictiunaru romano-francesu, Bucuresci: A. Ulrich / Göttingen: Dieterich, p. 358
7. ^ Candrea, I.-A.; Adamescu, Gh. (1926–1931), Dicționarul enciclopedic ilustrat „Cartea Românească”, București: Cartea Românească, p. s.v. înregistra
8. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. înregistra
9. ^ Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 2, 651