imobiliar

Forms

imobiliar m or n (feminine singular imobiliară, masculine plural imobiliari, feminine/neuter plural imobiliare)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French immobilier.^{[2][3][4][5][1][6]} The Marcu–Maneca dictionary of neologisms gives the French word with cf., as a comparison rather than a certain source.^[7] It belongs with imobil “immovable”, which DEX gives as its synonym.^[2]

Earliest recorded meaning

Damé's Romanian–French dictionary of 1893–1895 has it with the phrase averea imobiliară, rendered by French fortune immobilière, “one's fortune in real estate”.^[8] MDA2's first record, DEX of 1975, is much later.^[3]

Semantic evolution

The older dictionaries define it as “of or about immovable property”, with vânzare imobiliară “sale of real estate” as their example.^[9][6][10] CADE separates the sense “that cannot be moved” from “relating to a building or an estate”.^[10] DEX adds a second sense for businesses that deal in real estate, and uses the word as a neuter noun as well.^[2][3]

Timeline

• 1893–1895 – averea imobiliară in Damé's dictionary.^[8]
• 1929 – vânzare imobiliară in Șăineanu's dictionary.^[9]
• 1975 – in DEX, MDA2's first record.^[3]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Of material goods: that cannot be moved; immovable, real (property).^[2][3][4]
2. Dealing in real estate: o firmă imobiliară “a property firm”.^[2][3][1]

Noun

1. Real estate, immovable goods taken together.^[2]

Related words

• imobil

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 492
3. ^ a b c d e f Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 1116
4. ^ a b Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual
5. ^ Costăchescu, Adriana; Dincă, Daniela; Dragoste, Ramona; Popescu, Mihaela; Scurtu, Gabriela (2009–2010), Dicționar de împrumuturi lexicale din limba franceză (DILF), 2 vols., Craiova: Universitaria
6. ^ a b Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 623
7. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România
8. ^ a b Damé, Frédéric (1893–1895), Nouveau dictionnaire roumain-français, 4 vols., Bucarest: Imprimerie de l'État, p. s.v. imobiliar
9. ^ a b Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 307
10. ^ a b Candrea, I.-A.; Adamescu, Gh. (1926–1931), Dicționarul enciclopedic ilustrat „Cartea Românească”, București: Cartea Românească, p. s.v. imobiliar