attribution
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French attribution, from Latin attributio.
Noun[edit]
attribution (countable and uncountable, plural attributions)
- The act of attributing something.
- An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
- The attribution of the quote is widely regarded as dubious.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
act
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acknowledgment of ownership or authorship
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin attribūtiō. Synchronically analysable as attribuer + -tion.
Noun[edit]
attribution f (plural attributions)
- allocation, allotment
- (in the plural) remit, duty
- Je suis désolé, mais cela ne fait pas partie de mes attributions.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “attribution” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- French terms borrowed from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French words suffixed with -tion
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
