attribution

English

Etymology

From Middle French attribution, from Latin attributio.

Noun

attribution (countable and uncountable, plural attributions)

1. The act of attributing something.
2. An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.

   The attribution of the quote is widely regarded as dubious.

Derived terms

• deattribution

Translations

act

• Finnish: attribuutio

acknowledgment of ownership or authorship

• Finnish: alkuperä (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: heder (no) m

• Spanish: atribución (es) f

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French

Noun

attribution f (plural attributions)

1. allocation, allotment

Further reading

• “attribution” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).