negociere

Forms

negociere f (plural negocieri)^[1] Old texts write the stem with ț: negoțiare in „negoțiarea păcei” “the negotiation of the peace” (1774), and negoțiere in Asachi's „negoțieri secrete” “secret negotiations”.^[2][3]

Etymology

It is the long infinitive of negocia (“to negotiate”), formed from Romanian negocia + -re.^[3][4][5][1] The verb is from French négocier,^[4][3][6] which goes back to negōtior (“to do business”);^[7][1] Marcu and Maneca compare the Latin verb.^[7][1] The old inherited neguța “to trade” comes from the same Latin verb.^[1]

MDA2 dates the noun, in an old form with ⟨ț⟩, to 1774, earlier than its first record of the verb (1829).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is a document of 1774 in the Uricariul collection, which speaks of „negoțiarea păcei”, the negotiation of a peace.^[2][3]

Semantic evolution

Diplomacy is the setting of the earliest quotations: Asachi's „negoțieri secrete”, Alecsandri, Iorga, and Ghica on months of talks between the powers.^[2][8] The plural became the usual word for “talks”, as in negocieri diplomatice.^[3][9] MDA2 also records the mediation of a business deal or a marriage, and the dictionaries of neologisms the commercial sense of buying and selling.^[3][5] The older negociație is now obsolete.^[4]

Timeline

• 1774 – negoțiarea in a document of the Uricariul.^[2][3]
• 1829 – the first record of the verb negocia.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. negotiation: the act of negotiating and its result: Negocierea contractului a durat o lună.^[4][3]
2. (in the plural) talks held to reach an agreement or a convention;^[10][9] negocieri diplomatice “diplomatic negotiations”.^[10][9]
3. mediation of a deal or a marriage.^[3]
4. buying and selling; a commercial transaction.^[9][5]

Related words

• negocia
• neguța
• negociație

Usage notes

The ending is pronounced in two syllables, -ci-e-.^[4]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. negociere
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 126
4. ^ a b c d e DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 703
5. ^ a b c Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. negociere
6. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. negocia
7. ^ a b Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. negocia
8. ^ Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 3, 187
9. ^ a b c d Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. negociere
10. ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. negociere