telefonic

Forms

telefonic m or n (feminine singular telefonică, masculine plural telefonici, feminine/neuter plural telefonice)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French téléphonique.^{[2][3][4][5][1]} Wiktionary notes that it also reads as telefon with the suffix -ic.^[1] The French adjective is formed on téléphone with -ique.^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is in Damé's Romanian–French dictionary (1893–1895), with the sense “of the telephone”.^[3][4] The noun telefon is recorded from 1875.^[3]

Semantic evolution

Writers of the 20th century use it in aparat telefonic “telephone set”, carte telefonică “telephone directory”, convorbire telefonică and legătură telefonică.^[4] The adverbial use, “by telephone”, as in consulting someone telefonic, is also recorded.^[4]

Timeline

• 1893–1895 – telefonic in Damé's dictionary.^[3]

Meanings

Adjective

1. telephonic: of the telephone or of telephony.^[2][3][1]
2. (of a call, message or link) made by telephone;^[2][3] aviz telefonic: a notice that someone will be called at a set hour for a long-distance call.^[2][3]
3. (as an adverb) by telephone.^[4]

Related words

• telefon
• telefona

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 1114
3. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 1192
4. ^ a b c d e Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. telefonic
5. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. telefonic