attribution

English

Etymology

From Middle French attribution, from Latin attributio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæ.tɹɪˈbju.ʃən/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

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.

3. (law) A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.

Derived terms

• attribution theory
• deattribution

Related terms

• reattribution

Translations

act

• Finnish: attribuutio
• Hindi: गुणारोपण (guṇāropaṇ)
• Irish: aitreabúideacht f
• Polish: atrybucja (pl) f

acknowledgment of ownership or authorship

• Danish: tilskrivning c
• Finnish: alkuperä (fi)
• German: Zuschreibung (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: heder (no) m

• Polish: atrybucja (pl) f
• Spanish: atribución (es) f

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin attribūtiōnem. By surface analysis, attribuer +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tʁi.by.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

attribution f (plural attributions)

1. allocation, allotment
2. (in the plural) remit, duty

   Je suis désolé, mais cela ne fait pas partie de mes attributions.

   I'm sorry, but that doesn't fall under my remit.

See also

• assignation

Further reading

• “attribution”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.