turneu

Forms

turneu n (plural turnee)^[1] Alexi's dictionary has a feminine turnee; besides the plural turnee there is a rare turneuri.^[2][3][4]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French tournée.^{[5][3][2][6][1]} The DLR compares French tournoi (“tournament”) for the sporting sense.^[2] Graur lists it in the family of Latin tornō (“to turn on a lathe”), beside tur, retur and deturna.^[7]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is Barcianu's Romanian–German dictionary of 1900.^[3] Șăineanu's dictionary of 1929 defines it as a journey to various places, adding the French word.^[8]

Semantic evolution

The first senses were a journey round several places and a politician's official tour.^[8][2] The best-known sense today is a tour by a theatre company, musician or sports team giving a series of performances or matches.^[5][3] The DLR also records a sporting sense, a tournament with several rounds of matches, as in turneul internațional de tenis.^[2] The press formed turneu-fulger “lightning tour” and turneu-test.^[9]

Timeline

• 1900 – Barcianu's dictionary.^[3]
• 1929 – Șăineanu: “a journey to various places”.^[8]
• 1965 – turneu-fulger “lightning tour” in the press.^[9]

Meanings

Noun

1. A tour made by an artist or a company through several towns or countries to give a series of performances; also by a sportsman or team playing a series of matches: Trupa pleacă în turneu prin țară. “The band is going on tour round the country.”^[5][3]
2. An official journey by a public figure through several places, following a fixed programme.^[5][3]
3. (sport) A tournament with several rounds of matches.^[2]

Related words

• tur
• retur
• French tournée

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. turneu
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, 1306
4. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. turneu
5. ^ a b c d DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 1156
6. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. turneu
7. ^ Graur, Alexandru (1980), Cuvinte înrudite, București: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, p. s.v. retur
8. ^ a b c Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 1, 674
9. ^ a b Dimitrescu, Florica (1997), Dicționar de cuvinte recente, 2nd ed., București: Logos (with the 3rd ed., 2013, in CLRE), p. s.v. turneu