tehnician

Forms

tehnician m (plural tehnicieni)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French technicien, as DLR, MDA2, DEX, DN and MDN give it.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} Scriban formed it from tehnic on the model of matematician.^[7] Wiktionary notes that it can be analysed as from Romanian tehnic + -ian.^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Șăineanu's dictionary of 1929 glosses it “engineer”;^[8][3][2] MDA2 cites the 1930 edition of the same dictionary.^[8][3][2]

Semantic evolution

The word came to name a specialist in some branch of technology with secondary-level training, below the engineer: DLR quotes a 1952 report of engineers and technicians who obtained a better cast iron.^[2][4] A second sense is a master of the technique of an art or craft;^[2][9] Călinescu called the violinist Oistrakh an extraordinary tehnician.^[2][9]

Timeline

• 1929 – tehnician “engineer” in Șăineanu's dictionary.^[8]
• 1939 – Scriban: one who knows the procedures of a science or art.^[7]
• 1952 – engineers and technicians improving cast iron, in Contemporanul.^[2]
• 1954 – workers and technicians in Scînteia.^[9]

Meanings

Noun

1. A technician: a specialist in a field of technology with secondary-level training.^[4][3][6]
2. A person with a high mastery of technique in a science, craft or art.^[4][3]

Related words

• tehnic
• tehnică

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. tehnician
3. ^ a b c d e Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 1190
4. ^ a b c d DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 1112
5. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. tehnician
6. ^ a b Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. tehnician
7. ^ a b Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1306
8. ^ a b c Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 1, 645
9. ^ a b c Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 4, 405