continuare

Forms

continuare f (plural continuări)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian continua + -re: the long infinitive of the verb, used as a noun of action.^[2][3][4][1] The verb is from French continuer and Latin continuō (“to make continuous, continue”), a neologism that DELR dates to 1794.^[2][5] The Latin verb is formed on the adjective continuus (“continuous”).^[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

Pontbriant's dictionary of 1862 enters it with the French glosses continuation, suite, durée, prolongation and marks it as Latin.^[7] Barițiu's Hungarian–Romanian dictionary of 1869 uses it to render Hungarian folytatvány.^[8]

Semantic evolution

The noun names both the act of continuing and its result, a sequel or prolongation.^[2][9] MDA2 also records the concrete sense of the part of a thing that follows another.^[3] The adverbial phrase în continuare means both “without a break” and “further on, next”.^[2][10]

Timeline

• 1794 – the verb continua, the base of the noun.^[5]
• 1862 – continuare in Pontbriant's dictionary.^[7]
• 1869 – the equivalent of Hungarian folytatvány in Barițiu.^[8]
• 1875 – Antonescu's dictionary gives it with French continuation.^[11]

Meanings

Noun

1. The act of continuing and its result; a continuation, urmare, prelungire: continuarea discuției “the continuation of the discussion”.^[2][10]
2. A part of something that follows another part, a sequel.^[3]
3. în continuare: without interruption, continuu; further on, next.^[2][4]

Related words

• continua
• continuu

Usage notes

The u and a are pronounced in hiatus, -nu-a-.^[2] The plural is continuări.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 227
3. ^ a b c d Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 495
4. ^ a b Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. continuare
5. ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2011–), Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române (DELR), vol. I: A–B (2011), vol. II: C (2015–2018), București: Editura Academiei Române; continued online at delr.lingv.ro, p. s.v. continuu
6. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
7. ^ a b Pontbriant, Raoul de (1862), Dictiunaru romano-francesu, Bucuresci: A. Ulrich / Göttingen: Dieterich, p. 151
8. ^ a b Barițiu, George (1869), Dictionariu unguresc-romanescu, Brașov, p. 180
9. ^ Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 163
10. ^ a b Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 1, 534
11. ^ Antonescu, G. M. (1875), Dictionariu romanu-francesu, Bucuresci: Typografia Curții (Lucrători Associați), p. 58