întâlnire

Forms

întâlnire f (plural întâlniri)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian întâlni + -re, the noun of action of the verb.^[1][2][3] Ciorănescu lists it, with a variant tâlnire, among the derivatives of the verb.^[4]

The verb is made of în- and tâlni, which Ciorănescu, Tiktin and Wiktionary take from Hungarian talál (“to find, to meet”), probably from its infinitive találni.^[4][1][5] Ciorănescu rejects the explanation of Drăganu and the DA from talán (“perhaps”).^[4] Wiktionary adds that the verb probably displaced an older inherited verb from Latin obviō, kept in Megleno-Romanian nuib and Istro-Romanian ăniurbå.^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Tiktin's first record is from 1772, in a text he cites as ILIODOR, with the sense “meeting”.^[3] MDA2 gives a later first record, the poems of Costachi Conachi.^[5]

Semantic evolution

The Lexicon de la Buda of 1825 glosses the word with Latin concursus and convenire and German Begegnung, Zusammenkunft: a meeting, a coming together.^[6] Pontbriant in 1862 adds “interview, rendezvous” and, for armies, “clash, encounter”.^[7] Tiktin also gives German Stelldichein “date, tryst”, with the phrase a da întâlnire “to make an appointment with someone”.^[3][8]

The military sense, a clash of two bodies of troops that meet by chance, is recorded in CADE and Scriban.^[8][9] In the 20th century the word came to mean a match in sport.^[10][2] Compounds such as întâlnire-dezbatere “meeting and debate” are recorded in the press from 1973.^[11]

Timeline

• 1772 – first record, in a text of Iliodor.^[3]
• 1825 – in the Lexicon de la Buda, “meeting, coming together”.^[6]
• 1862 – Pontbriant: “encounter, rendezvous”, and a clash of two armies.^[7]
• 1931 – CADE records the military sense, a chance clash of troops.^[8]
• 1955–1957 – the DLRLC gives the sense “sports match”.^[10]
• 1973 – întâlnire-dezbatere “meeting and debate” in the press.^[11]

Meanings

Noun

1. A meeting: the act of meeting someone or coming upon something.^[2][5][1]
2. An appointment or date: a meeting agreed beforehand; also the place agreed for it.^[5][8]
3. (geometry) The point where two lines touch or cross.^[5]
4. (sport) A match, a game between two teams or players.^[2][12]

Related words

• întâlni
• întâlniș

Usage notes

A da (cuiva) întâlnire means “to arrange to meet someone”.^[8][3]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 555
3. ^ a b c d e Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. întâlnire
4. ^ a b c Ciorănescu, Alexandru (1958–1966), Diccionario etimológico rumano, La Laguna: Universidad de La Laguna (Romanian ed.: Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române, București: Saeculum, 2001), p. s.v. întîlni
5. ^ a b c d e Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 1251
6. ^ a b Lesicon românescu-latinescu-ungurescu-nemțescu quare de mai mulți autori, în cursul a trideci și mai multor ani s-au lucrat (1825), Buda: Typographia Universității (the Lexicon of Buda, ed. Petru Maior et al.), p. 315
7. ^ a b Pontbriant, Raoul de (1862), Dictiunaru romano-francesu, Bucuresci: A. Ulrich / Göttingen: Dieterich, p. 365
8. ^ a b c d e Candrea, I.-A.; Adamescu, Gh. (1926–1931), Dicționarul enciclopedic ilustrat „Cartea Românească”, București: Cartea Românească, p. s.v. întîlnire
9. ^ Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 701
10. ^ a b Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 2, 667
11. ^ a b Dimitrescu, Florica (1997), Dicționar de cuvinte recente, 2nd ed., București: Logos (with the 3rd ed., 2013, in CLRE), p. s.v. întâlnire
12. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. întâlnire