authorship

English

Alternative forms

authourship (obsolete)

Etymology

author +‎ -ship

Noun

authorship (countable and uncountable, plural authorships)

The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
The source; origin; origination
We are unaware of the authorship of this book

Translations

quality or state of being an author

Albanian: autorësi (sq)
Armenian: հեղինակություն (hy) (hełinakutʿyun)
Bulgarian: авторство (ávtorstvo)
Czech: autorství n
Dutch: schrijverschap n
Esperanto: aŭtoreco

French: paternité (fr)
German: Autorschaft (de) f
Polish: autorstwo (pl) n
Russian: а́вторство (ru) n (ávtorstvo)
Serbo-Croatian: autórstvo (sh) n
Spanish: autoría (es)

References

authorship in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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