talentat

Forms

talentat m or n (feminine singular talentată, masculine plural talentați, feminine/neuter plural talentate)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian talent + -at, as DEX, MDA2 and Wiktionary give it.^[2][3][1][4] Scriban compares French talentueux.^[5] The base talent is borrowed from French talent, with Latin talentum and German Talent also named by MDA2.^[1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2 and DLR first record it in Damé's Romanian–French dictionary (1893–1895), glossed “who has talent”, with the example un scriitor talentat “a talented writer”.^[3][6][7]

Semantic evolution

The sense has not changed: “gifted, having talent”.^[2][6] MDA2 records a rare synonym talentos.^[3]

Timeline

• 1893 – first record, in Damé's dictionary.^[3][7]

Meanings

Adjective

1. talented: having talent; gifted.^[2][3]

Related words

• talent

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 1100
3. ^ a b c d e f Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 1152
4. ^ Costăchescu, Adriana; Dincă, Daniela; Dragoste, Ramona; Popescu, Mihaela; Scurtu, Gabriela (2009–2010), Dicționar de împrumuturi lexicale din limba franceză (DILF), 2 vols., Craiova: Universitaria, p. s.v. talentat
5. ^ Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1295
6. ^ a b Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. talentat
7. ^ a b Damé, Frédéric (1893–1895), Nouveau dictionnaire roumain-français, 4 vols., Bucarest: Imprimerie de l'État, p. s.v. talentat