attribution
French, noun/a.tʁi.by.sjɔ̃/
attribution is spelled A-T-T-R-I-B-U-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Attribution is a French feminine noun meaning “allocation, allotment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’attribuer”.
What does attribution mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineallocation, allotment
- 2
feminineremit, duty
Je suis désolé, mais cela ne fait pas partie de mes attributions.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’attribuer. 2. Fait d’attribuer un marché à l’un des candidats d’une procédure de passation. 3. Action d’attribuer à un sujet, une cause. 4. Droits que possède une personne chargée de quelque fonction ou qui sont attachés à la fonction elle-même.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of attribution
- attributions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce attribution?
- /a.tʁi.by.sjɔ̃/
- \a.tʁi.by.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to attribution
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is attribution in French?
attribution appears 11 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).