interviu

Forms

interviu n (plural interviuri)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from English interview and French interview, the two sources that DEX, DN and MDN name.^[2][3][4] MDA2 and Wiktionary give the English word alone.^[5][1]

The English noun, recorded from 1514, was itself taken from Middle French entreveue, and acquired its journalistic sense in the United States in 1869;^[6] French borrowed it back from English by 1884, for a journalist's conversation meant for publication.^[6] The French word is a doublet of entrevue.^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is in the newspaper Scînteia in 1947, in the sense of a conversation between a journalist and a public figure.^[5]

Semantic evolution

In the 1950s the word was used mainly with a da “to give” and a lua “to take”, and also of the text of the conversation printed in a newspaper.^[7] DN added the conversation of a sociologist with the people under study.^[3] After 1989 it came to mean a job interview, recorded in the press from 1992, and gave compounds such as interviu-fulger “quick interview”.^[8][5] In underworld slang it means a statement made to the police, the prosecutor or a court.^[9]

Timeline

• 1947 – in Scînteia, the first record.^[5]
• 1955 – DLRLC defines it, with a da and a lua.^[7]
• 1986 – DN adds the sociological sense.^[3]
• 1992 – the sense “job interview” in the press.^[8]

Meanings

Noun

1. An interview: a conversation in which a journalist asks a political or cultural figure about current matters, for publication or broadcast.^[2][5]
2. The text of such a conversation as published or broadcast.^[2][10]
3. (sociology) A conversation between a researcher and the people taking part in a survey.^[3][5]
4. A job interview: a conversation between an employer and a candidate.^[5][8]
5. (slang) A statement made to the police, the prosecutor or a court.^[9]

Related words

• English interview
• French entrevue

Usage notes

The ending is pronounced as one syllable, -viu.^[7] The plural is interviuri.^[2]

References

1. ^ a b c 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. 518
3. ^ a b c d Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. interviu
4. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. interviu
5. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 1153
6. ^ a b Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
7. ^ a b c Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 2, 536
8. ^ a b c Dimitrescu, Florica (1997), Dicționar de cuvinte recente, 2nd ed., București: Logos (with the 3rd ed., 2013, in CLRE), p. s.v. interviu
9. ^ a b Volceanov, George (2007), Dicționar de argou al limbii române, București: Niculescu, p. s.v. interviu
10. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. interviu