card

Forms

card n (plural carduri)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from English card.^[2][3][1] It is a doublet of carte, cartă, hârtie and hartă.^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Dimitrescu's dictionary of recent words has it in a press quotation of 1993, as a magnetic card the size of a visiting card, used to identify its holder or to pay electronically.^[3]

Semantic evolution

The bank card came first, beside the older carte de credit.^[3] Compounds followed in the press: card bancar “bank card” and card biometric, a biometric identity card.^[3] Wiktionary also gives gift, loyalty and memory cards.^[1]

Timeline

• 1993 – a magnetic payment card, in a press quotation.^[3]
• 2009 – in DEX, as an instrument of payment issued by a bank.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. A bank card: a magnetic or chip card issued by a bank or another financial institution, with which its holder pays and makes other transactions: Plătesc cu cardul.^[2][3]
2. Any similar card: an identity, gift, loyalty or memory card.^[3][1]

Related words

• carte
• English card

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 145
3. ^ a b c d e f g Dimitrescu, Florica (1997), Dicționar de cuvinte recente, 2nd ed., București: Logos (with the 3rd ed., 2013, in CLRE), p. s.v. card