attribution

From Middle French attribution, from Latin attributio.

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.

• deattribution

Borrowed from Latin attribūtiō. Synchronically analysable as attribuer +‎ -tion.

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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.

• assignation

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