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.
4. (archaic) Authority or function assigned

Derived terms

• attributional
• attributionist
• attribution theory
• deattribution
• microattribution
• misattribution
• nonattribution
• not for attribution
• overattribution

Related terms

• reattribution

Translations

act

• Finnish: attribuutio
• Hindi: गुणारोपण (guṇāropaṇ)
• Indonesian: atribusi
• Irish: aitreabúideacht f
• Polish: atrybucja (pl) f
• Spanish: atribución (es) f
• Swedish: attribution c, tillskrivning (sv) c
• Tagalog: atribusyon

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
• Swedish: attribution c
• Vietnamese: lời ghi công, lời công nhận

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin attribūtiō. By surface analysis, attribuer +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tʁi.by.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (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.

Descendants

• → Dutch: attributie
• → Romanian: atribuție

See also

• assignation

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

attribution c

1. attribution (ascribing of authorship)

   Attributionen av tavlan till Nisse visade sig vara felaktig

   The attribution of the painting to Nisse turned out to be incorrect

   en tveksam attribution

   a dubious attribution

Declension

Declension of attribution

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	attribution	attributions
	definite	attributionen	attributionens
plural	indefinite	attributioner	attributioners
	definite	attributionerna	attributionernas

Related terms

• attribuera

See also

• tillskriva

References

• “attribution”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “attribution”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)