pariu

Forms

pariu n (plural pariuri)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French pari (“bet, wager”), a 20th-century neologism;^{[2][3][4][5][6][1]} DEX, DN, MDN, MDA2 and the DLR all name French as its only source.^{[2][3][4][5][6][1]} The French noun is a deverbal formation from parier (“to bet”).^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2 and the DLR take the first record from Cezar Petrescu's novel Întunecare (1928), in the phrase a pune pariu “to make a bet”: „Nu pui pariu?” “Won't you bet?”.^[5][6]

Semantic evolution

The first sense is an agreement between people who maintain opposite claims, each undertaking to pay the one who proves right.^[6][2] The DLR notes that it is usually construed with verbs such as a pune, a face or a susține, and records the phrase pariu la egal, a bet in which both sides stake the same sum.^[6][7] A second sense, betting on horse races, is quoted from Zaharia Stancu and Eugen Barbu, where an agenție de pariuri is a betting office.^[6]

The loan stands beside the older native words prinsoare and rămășag, which the dictionaries give as its popular synonyms.^[5][2]

Timeline

• 1928 – pariu “bet” in Cezar Petrescu's Întunecare, the first record.^[5][6]
• 1931 – the variant paris in the CADE.^[6]
• 1955–1957 – the DLRLC records pariu la egal and the horse-racing sense.^[7]

Meanings

Noun

1. A bet or wager: an agreement by which people who hold opposite views each promise to give something to the one who turns out to be right: Am pus pariu cu fratele meu că va ploua.^[2][5][1]
2. betting on the outcome of an event, especially on horse races, in which the winners share the sums staked by the losers.^[2][5][4]

Related words

• prinsoare
• rămășag

Usage notes

The plural is pariuri.^[3][1] The DLR also records a variant paris from the CADE, and MDA2 a variant pari.^[6][5]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f g 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. 776
3. ^ a b c Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. pariu
4. ^ a b c Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. pariu
5. ^ a b c d e f g h Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 272
6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. pariu
7. ^ a b Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 3, 325