modificare

Forms

modificare f (plural modificări)^[1]

Etymology

It is the long infinitive of modifica, formed from Romanian modifica + -re.^[2][3][4][1] The verb is borrowed from Latin modificō according to the DEX and the DLR; the DN adds Italian modificare and compares French, and Tiktin takes it from Italian.^[2][5][6][7] The old variant modifia comes from French modifier.^[5][6]

Earliest recorded meaning

The DLR's and the MDA2's first quotation speaks of going on to the modificarea regulamentului, the amendment of the regulation.^[8][3] Tiktin's first record of the verb is from 1836.^[6]

Semantic evolution

The DLR lists it in Polizu's dictionary (1857) and in Pontbriant's (1862), who glosses it with French modification, restriction, correction and amendement.^[8][9] Costinescu (1870) still gives the infinitive as a verb form, “to alter, to soften the clauses of a deed”.^[10] The noun names both the action and its result, a change or correction, and, concretely, what has been changed; the DLR gives modificație as an old synonym.^[8][2]

Timeline

• 1836 – the verb modifica, Tiktin's first record.^[6]
• 1857 – the noun in Polizu's dictionary.^[8]
• 1862 – modificare “modification, amendment” in Pontbriant.^[9]

Meanings

Noun

1. modification, change: the act of changing something and its result; transformare, prefacere.^[2][3][1]
2. correction, amendment: modificarea unui proiect de lege.^[3][8][9]
3. (concrete) What has been changed: Textul are multe modificări.^[3][8]

Related words

• modifica
• modificație

References

1. ^ a b c d 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. 665
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. 2, 39
4. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. modificare
5. ^ a b Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. modifica
6. ^ a b c d Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. modifica
7. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. modifica
8. ^ a b c d e f Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. modificare
9. ^ a b c Pontbriant, Raoul de (1862), Dictiunaru romano-francesu, Bucuresci: A. Ulrich / Göttingen: Dieterich, p. 445
10. ^ Costinescu, Ion (1870), Vocabularu romano-francesu, 2 vols., Bucuresci, p. 2, 109