verificare

Forms

verificare f (plural verificări)^[1]

Etymology

It is the long infinitive of verifica, formed from Romanian verifica + -re.^[2][3][1] The verb is a neologism from French vérifier and Latin verificō.^[2][4][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2 and the DLR first find the noun in Pontbriant's dictionary of 1862, glossed French vérification, examen.^[3][5][6] The verb is older: MDA2 dates it to Iordache Golescu's dictionary of about 1832.^[4]

Semantic evolution

Its first sense is the checking of a statement, a hypothesis or a theory against the facts; the DLR quotes it from Maiorescu and Conta.^[5] The older synonym verificație fell out of use.^[3][7] Later senses are the testing of a machine, the checking of a calculation in mathematics, and the assessment of a person's work or knowledge, down to a partial examination at school.^[3][7]

Timeline

• c. 1832 – the verb verifica in Iordache Golescu's dictionary.^[4]
• 1848 – the verb in Negulici's dictionary of neologisms.^[8]
• 1862 – first record of the noun, in Pontbriant.^[3][6]

Meanings

Noun

1. The act of checking and its result; verification, control.^[2][9]
2. An examination of an assertion, a hypothesis or a theory against the facts, to confirm it.^[3][5]
3. A test of a machine or device: verificarea tehnică a mașinii “the car's technical inspection”.^[3][7]
4. (mathematics) A check of a result or a calculation.^[3][7]
5. An assessment of a person's work or knowledge; a partial examination.^[3][7]

Related words

• verifica
• verificator

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. 1193
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 1460
4. ^ a b c Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 1459
5. ^ a b c Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. verificare
6. ^ a b Pontbriant, Raoul de (1862), Dictiunaru romano-francesu, Bucuresci: A. Ulrich / Göttingen: Dieterich, p. 776
7. ^ a b c d e Dima, Eugenia (coord.) (2007), Dicționar explicativ ilustrat al limbii române, Chișinău: Arc / Gunivas, p. s.v. verificare
8. ^ 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. verificare
9. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. verificare