attribute

Signification

Noun

1. A characteristic or quality of a thing.
2. An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
3. A word that qualifies a noun.
4. That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
5. An option or setting belonging to some object.
6. A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
7. A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.

Verb

1. To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
2. To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.

Coupé comme

at‧tri‧bute

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈæt.ɹɪ.bjuːt/

Étymologie

From Latin attributus past participle of attribuere.