recepționa

Forms

recepționa (present recepționez, third-person singular recepționează, past participle recepționat), 1st conjugation.^[1][2]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French réceptionner (“to take delivery of”).^{[2][3][4][5][1]} It is in turn from French réception with the verb suffix -er.^[1] The DN only compares the French verb.^[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is in Candrea and Adamescu's illustrated encyclopedic dictionary, with the sense “to take over a piece of work or material after checking it”.^[3][5]

Semantic evolution

The first sense belongs to industry and trade: the DLR quotes Beniuc on parts made in a factory that a military commission recepționa every three days.^[5] In 1961 Valeriu Rusu recorded it among the neologisms that had reached the speech of the Ialomița valley.^[5] The sense “to receive signals or broadcasts”, the same as recepta, is quoted from the newspaper Scînteia of 1963, on signals received in port from a ship driven onto a rock by a storm.^[5]

Timeline

• 1926 – the first record, in Candrea and Adamescu's dictionary.^[3]
• 1961 – noted in the speech of the Ialomița valley.^[5]
• 1963 – “to receive signals” in Scînteia.^[5]

Meanings

Verb

1. (transitive) To take delivery of a piece of technical work, goods or materials after checking their quantity and quality: Comisia a recepționat lucrarea.^[2][3]
2. (transitive, radio) To receive waves, signals or broadcasts; to recepta.^[2][7]

Related words

• recepta

Usage notes

The present tense is recepționez, and ți and o are pronounced as separate syllables.^[2][5]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 928
3. ^ a b c d Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 667
4. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. recepționa
5. ^ a b c d e f g h Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. recepționa
6. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. recepționa
7. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. recepționa