attribute
ad- ‘to’ + tribuere ‘assign’
verb | əˈtriˌbyo͞ot | with object (attribute something to)
regard something as being caused by (someone or something):
〖attribute A to B〗 A〈物事(の結果)〉をB〈人･物･事〉に帰する, AをBのせいにする; A〈性質･特徴など〉がB〈人･物など〉にあるとする, 考える(｟かたく｠ ascribe)
e.g. he attributed the firm's success to the efforts of the managing director
e.g. the bombing was attributed to the IRA.
ascribe a work or remark to (a particular author, artist, or speaker):
〖通例be ～d to A〗 〈作品などが〉A〈作者〉の作であると考えられている.
e.g. the building was attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright.
regard a quality or feature as characteristic of or possessed by (someone or something):
e.g. ancient peoples attributed magic properties to certain stones.
noun | ˈatrəˌbyo͞ot |
1. a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something:
(人･物などの本来的な)属性, 特性, 特質 (!特に好ましい有益な性質をさす)
e.g. flexibility and mobility are the key attributes of our army.
a material object recognized as symbolic of a person, especially a conventional object used in art to identify a saint or mythical figure.
象徴, 付属物
2. Computing a piece of information which determines the properties of a field or tag in a database or a string of characters in a display.
3. Grammar an attributive adjective or noun.
〘文法〙 限定詞
4. Statistics a real property which a statistical analysis is attempting to describe.
ORIGIN
late 15th century: the noun from Old French attribut; the verb from Latin attribut- ‘allotted’: both from the verb attribuere, from ad- ‘to’ + tribuere ‘assign’.