Etymologically

intenționa

Etymology and origin of the Romanian word intenționa

Confidence
Probable
Formation
Borrowing
First attested
1931 Cezar Petrescu's novel Calea Victoriei More words from the 20th century
Borrowed from
French intentionner

Forms

intenționa (third-person singular present intenționează, past participle intenționat) 1st conjugation[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French intentionner.[2][3][4][5][1] DEX, MDA2 and DILF compare Italian intenzionare.[2][3][5] Marcu and Maneca instead form it in Romanian from the noun intenție (“intention”).[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is Cezar Petrescu's novel Calea Victoriei of 1931, in the sense “to intend, to have in mind”; the DLRLC quotes the same passage, about a career better than the teaching one he intended.[3][7]

Timeline

  • 1931 – first record, in Cezar Petrescu's Calea Victoriei.[3]
  • 1955–1957 – in the DLRLC.[7]

Meanings

Verb

  1. (transitive) To intend, to have the intention; to plan, to mean to do something: Intenționăm să plecăm mâine. “We intend to leave tomorrow.”[2][3]

Word family

  • intenționat

References

  1. ^ a b 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. 514
  3. ^ 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, 1147
  4. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. intenționa
  5. ^ a b Costăchescu, Adriana; Dincă, Daniela; Dragoste, Ramona; Popescu, Mihaela; Scurtu, Gabriela (2009–2010), Dicționar de împrumuturi lexicale din limba franceză (DILF), 2 vols., Craiova: Universitaria, p. s.v. intenționa
  6. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. intenționa
  7. ^ a b Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 2, 530

Related etymologies

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  • dura · also from French
  • pur · also from French
  • pană · also from French
  • pat · also from French
  • masă · also from French
  • lac · also from French
  • primar · also from French
Cite this entry

“Intenționa.” Etymologically, 12 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/ro/inten%C8%9Biona. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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