noun
Meaning 1
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- His finest attribute is his kindness.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
attribute
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæt.ɹɪ.bjuːt/
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General-American: ătʹrĭ-byo͞ot'
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General-American: /ˈæt.ɹɪˌbjut/
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rhymes with -ætɹɪbjuːt
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˈtɹɪb.juːt/
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General-American: ə-trĭbʹyo͞ot'
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General-American: /əˈtɹɪbˌjut/
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CMU ARPABET: AE1 T R AH0 B Y UW2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: AH0 T R IH1 B Y UW2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The eagle and the bolt of lightning are attributes of Jove.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A word that qualifies a noun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: qualifier
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
An option or setting belonging to some object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: object-oriented programming
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero.
- A file with the read-only attribute set cannot be overwritten.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
Examples
- Properties can be marked as obsolete with an attribute, which will cause the compiler to generate a warning if they are used.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lay, impute, accredit, ascribe, attach, attribute, chalk up to, charge, draw, put down to, repose
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- This poem is attributed to Browning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abstraction, abstract entity
Narrower terms: state, shape, form, time, space, infinite, human nature, trait, character, thing, common denominator, personality, cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine, uncheerfulness, ballast, ethos, eidos, quality, property, inheritance, heritage, depth
noun
Meaning 11
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- self-confidence is not an endearing property
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: property, dimension
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: concept, conception, construct
Narrower terms: quality, character, lineament, feature, characteristic, feature of speech
verb
Meaning 12
attribute or credit to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
- People impute great cleverness to cats
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impute, ascribe, assign
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Narrower terms: impute, sensualize, carnalize, credit, reattribute, anthropomorphize, anthropomorphise, personify, personate, accredit, blame, charge, project, externalize, externalise, internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise
verb
Meaning 13
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: assign
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Narrower terms: relegate, classify
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin attributus.
Across languages
Translations
203 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: atribut — characteristic or quality
- Albanian: veti — characteristic or quality
- Arabic: صِفَة (ṣifa) — characteristic or quality
- Arabic: خُصُوصِيَّة (ḵuṣūṣiyya) — characteristic or quality
- Belarusian: уласці́васць (ulascívascʹ) — characteristic or quality
- Belarusian: уласці́васьць (ulascívasʹcʹ) — characteristic or quality
- Belarusian: атрыбу́т (atrybút) — characteristic or quality
- Belarusian: я́касць (jákascʹ) — characteristic or quality
- Belarusian: я́касьць (jákasʹcʹ) — characteristic or quality
- Bengali: বৈশিষ্ট্য (bōiśiśṭṭo) — characteristic or quality
- Bulgarian: ка́чество (káčestvo) — characteristic or quality
- Bulgarian: сво́йство (svójstvo) — characteristic or quality
- Burmese: လက္ခဏာ (lakhka.na) — characteristic or quality
- Burmese: သတ္တိ (satti.) — characteristic or quality
- Burmese: အင် (ang) — characteristic or quality
- Catalan: atribut — characteristic or quality
- Cebuano: kinaiya — characteristic or quality
- Chinese Mandarin: 屬性 /属性 (shǔxìng) — characteristic or quality
- Czech: vlastnost — characteristic or quality
- Danish: attribut — characteristic or quality
- Dutch: attribuut — characteristic or quality
- Dutch: eigenschap — characteristic or quality
- Dutch: kenmerk — characteristic or quality
- Esperanto: trajto — characteristic or quality
- Esperanto: eco — characteristic or quality
- Esperanto: propreco — characteristic or quality
- Finnish: määrite — characteristic or quality
- Finnish: attribuutti — characteristic or quality
- Finnish: ominaisuus — characteristic or quality
- Finnish: piirre — characteristic or quality
- French: attribut — characteristic or quality
- Galician: atributo — characteristic or quality
- Georgian: მახასიათებელი (maxasiatebeli) — characteristic or quality
- German: Eigenschaft — characteristic or quality
- German: Merkmal — characteristic or quality
- Haitian Creole: atribi — characteristic or quality
- Hindi: गुण (guṇ) — characteristic or quality
- Hindi: सिफ़त (sifat) — characteristic or quality
- Hindi: उपाधि (upādhi) — characteristic or quality
- Hindi: लक्षण (lakṣaṇ) — characteristic or quality
- Hungarian: tulajdonság — characteristic or quality
- Indonesian: atribut — characteristic or quality
- Ingrian: tunnus — characteristic or quality
- Ingrian: laaja — characteristic or quality
- Irish: aitreabúid — characteristic or quality
- Irish: dílseacht — characteristic or quality
- Italian: attributo — characteristic or quality
- Italian: caratteristica — characteristic or quality
- Japanese: 性質 (seisitsu) — characteristic or quality
- Javanese: ngubungake — characteristic or quality
- Khmer: គុណ (kun) — characteristic or quality
- Khmer: លក្ខណៈ (lĕəkkhaʼnaʼ) — characteristic or quality
- Khmer: គុណលក្ខណៈ (kun lĕəkkhaʼnaʼ) — characteristic or quality
- Korean: 속성 (sokseong) — characteristic or quality
- Korean: 특질 (teukjil) — characteristic or quality
- Lao: ລັກສະນະ (lak sa na) — characteristic or quality
- Lao: ຄຸນລັກສະນະ (khun lak sa na) — characteristic or quality
- Latin: attributum — characteristic or quality
- Macedonian: својство (svojstvo) — characteristic or quality
- Malay: sifat — characteristic or quality
- Marathi: संबंध लावणे (sambandha lāvṇe) — characteristic or quality
- Norwegian Bokmål: attributt — characteristic or quality
- Norwegian Bokmål: egenskap — characteristic or quality
- Odia: ଗୁଣ (guṇa) — characteristic or quality
- Iranian Persian: ویژِگی (vižegi) — characteristic or quality
- Iranian Persian: صِفَت (sefat) — characteristic or quality
- Iranian Persian: خُصوصِیَت (xosusiyat) — characteristic or quality
- Polish: atrybut — characteristic or quality
- Polish: własność — characteristic or quality
- Polish: właściwość — characteristic or quality
- Portuguese: atributo — characteristic or quality
- Russian: сво́йство (svójstvo) — characteristic or quality
- Russian: характе́рная черта́ (xaraktérnaja čertá) — characteristic or quality
- Russian: атрибу́т (atribút) — characteristic or quality
- Russian: ка́чество (káčestvo) — characteristic or quality
- Russian: черта́ (čertá) — characteristic or quality
- Sanskrit: गुण (guṇá) — characteristic or quality
- Sanskrit: लक्षण (lakṣaṇa) — characteristic or quality
- Serbo-Croatian: сво́јство — characteristic or quality
- Serbo-Croatian: svójstvo — characteristic or quality
- Slovak: vlastnosť — characteristic or quality
- Spanish: atributo — characteristic or quality
- Swahili: sifa — characteristic or quality
- Swedish: attribut — characteristic or quality
- Tagalog: katangian — characteristic or quality
- Tajik: вижагӣ (vižagi) — characteristic or quality
- Tajik: сифат (sifat) — characteristic or quality
- Tajik: хусусият (xususiyat) — characteristic or quality
- Thai: คุณลักษณะ (kun-ná-lák-sà-nà) — characteristic or quality
- Thai: คุณสมบัติ (kun-ná-sǒm-bàt) — characteristic or quality
- Thai: ลักษณะ (lák-sà-nà) — characteristic or quality
- Ukrainian: власти́вість (vlastývistʹ) — characteristic or quality
- Ukrainian: атрибу́т (atrybút) — characteristic or quality
- Ukrainian: я́кість (jákistʹ) — characteristic or quality
- Urdu: صِفَت (sifat) — characteristic or quality
- Urdu: صِفات (sifāt) — characteristic or quality
- Armenian: հատկացուցիչ (hatkacʻucʻičʻ) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Armenian: որոշիչ (orošičʻ) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Azerbaijani: təyin — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Belarusian: азначэ́нне (aznačénnje) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Belarusian: азначэ́ньне (aznačénʹnje) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Belarusian: атрыбу́т (atrybút) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Bulgarian: определе́ние (opredelénie) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Bulgarian: атрибу́т (atribút) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Catalan: atribut — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Chinese Mandarin: 定語 /定语 (dìngyǔ) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Chinese Mandarin: 修飾語 /修饰语 (xiūshìyǔ) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Czech: přívlastek — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Danish: attribut — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Dutch: bepalend woord — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Dutch: attribuut — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Estonian: täiend — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Finnish: määrite — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Finnish: attribuutti — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- French: épithète f or déterminant — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- French: depending on which class it belongs — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Georgian: განსაზღვრება (gansazɣvreba) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- German: Attribut — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- German: Beifügung — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Hebrew: לוואי — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Hebrew: לְוַאי (leváy) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Hungarian: jelző — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Icelandic: einkunn — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Italian: attributo — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Japanese: 限定詞 (genteishi) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Japanese: 修飾語 (shūshokugo) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Kazakh: анықтауыш (anyqtauyş) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Kazakh: атрибут (atribut) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Korean: 한정사 (hanjeongsa) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Korean: 수식어 (susigeo) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Kyrgyz: аныктооч (anıktooc) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Kyrgyz: атрибут (atribut) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Latvian: apzīmētājs — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Lithuanian: pažyminys — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Macedonian: атрибут (atribut) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Norwegian Bokmål: attributt — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Iranian Persian: تُوْصیفکُنَنْدِه (towsif-konande) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Polish: przydawka — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Polish: atrybut — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Portuguese: atributo — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Kalo Finnish Romani: attribuutos — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Romanian: atribut — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Russian: определе́ние (opredelénije) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Russian: атрибу́т (atribút) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Serbo-Croatian: атрѝбӯт — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Serbo-Croatian: atrìbūt — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Slovak: prívlastok — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Slovene: prilastek — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Spanish: atributo — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Swedish: attribut — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Tajik: муайянкунанда (muayyankunanda) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Tajik: атрибут (atribut) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Tatar: аергыч (ayırğıç) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Ukrainian: озна́чення (oznáčennja) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Ukrainian: атрибу́т (atrybút) — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Uzbek: aniqlovchi — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Uzbek: atribut — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Vietnamese: định ngữ — grammar: word qualifying a noun
- Finnish: attribuutti — logic: that which is predicated or affirmed of a subject
- Irish: aitreabúid — logic: that which is predicated or affirmed of a subject
- Albanian: atribut — computing: the applicable option selection
- Chinese Mandarin: 屬性 /属性 (shǔxìng) — computing: the applicable option selection
- Czech: atribut — computing: the applicable option selection
- Esperanto: atributo — computing: the applicable option selection
- Finnish: attribuutti — computing: the applicable option selection
- Finnish: määrite — computing: the applicable option selection
- French: propriété — computing: the applicable option selection
- French: attribut — computing: the applicable option selection
- German: Attribut — computing: the applicable option selection
- Japanese: 属性 (zokusei) — computing: the applicable option selection
- Polish: atrybut — computing: the applicable option selection
- Portuguese: atributo — computing: the applicable option selection
- Russian: атрибу́т (atribút) — computing: the applicable option selection
- Spanish: atributo — computing: the applicable option selection
- Ukrainian: атрибу́т (atrybút) — computing: the applicable option selection
- Esperanto: atributo — programming: semantic item
- Spanish: atribuir (por) — attribute a cause or characteristic
- Albanian: atribuoj — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Arabic: نَسَبَ (nasaba) — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Azerbaijani: aid etmək — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Azerbaijani: ayağına yazmaq — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Bulgarian: припи́свам (pripísvam) — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Bulgarian: отдава́м (otdavám) — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Cornish: askrifa — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Czech: připisovat — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Danish: tilskrive — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Dutch: toeschrijven — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Esperanto: atribui — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Finnish: liittää — to associate ownership or authorship with
- French: attribuer — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Galician: atribuír — to associate ownership or authorship with
- German: zuschreiben — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Hungarian: tulajdonít — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Ido: atribuar — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Indonesian: atribut — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Italian: attribuire — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Papiamentu: atribui — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Polish: przypisać — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Portuguese: atribuir — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Russian: припи́сывать (pripísyvatʹ) — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Russian: относи́ть (otnosítʹ) — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Slovak: pripisovať — to associate ownership or authorship with
- Spanish: atribuir — to associate ownership or authorship with
Real reading context