Etymology and origin of the Romanian word remarcabil
- Confidence
- Established
- Formation
- Borrowing
- First attested
- 1846 More words from the 19th century
- Borrowed from
- French remarquable
- Ultimate origin
- French remarquer
Forms
remarcabil m or n (feminine singular remarcabilă, masculine plural remarcabili, feminine/neuter plural remarcabile)[1]
Etymology
It is borrowed from French remarquable.[2][3][4][5][1] The DLR sends it to remarca, and Wiktionary notes that it can be analysed as that verb with the suffix -bil.[6][1]
The French adjective is formed on remarquer (“to notice”) with the suffix -able.[1]
Earliest recorded meaning
The first record is of 1846: a report to the Royal Academy of Medicine on the plague is called foarte remarcabil “very remarkable”.[6][2] Negulici's dictionary of 1848 explains it with Latin notabilis and Romanian însemnat, considerabil.[7]
Semantic evolution
The sense has stayed close to the French: “worthy of notice”, then “outstanding, distinguished”, often of talents and personalities.[6][3] Scriban notes the adverbial use, as in remarcabil înzestrat “remarkably gifted”.[5] NODEX also records the literal “that can be noticed”.[8]
Timeline
- 1846 – first record, of a medical report.[2][6]
- 1848 – in Negulici's dictionary of new words.[7]
- 1870 – Costinescu defines it as “to be noticed”.[9]
Meanings
Adjective
- remarkable, worthy of notice; outstanding, distinguished; deosebit, însemnat.[3][2][1]
- (rare) That can be noticed.[8]
Related words
- remarca
- remarcă
References
- ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
- ^ 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, 687
- ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 941
- ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. remarcabil
- ^ a b Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1115
- ^ a b c d Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. remarcabil
- ^ a b Negulici, I. D. (1848), Vocabular romînesc de toate vorbele streine întroduse pînă acum în limba romînească și de toate cuvintele ce s-ar mai putea introduce încă, București, p. s.v. remarcabil
- ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. remarcabil
- ^ Costinescu, Ion (1870), Vocabularu romano-francesu, 2 vols., Bucuresci, p. 2, 424
Related etymologies
Cite this entry
“Remarcabil.” Etymologically, 12 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/ro/remarcabil. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.
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