🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

attributo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: at.triˈbu.to

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Attribute/ˈæt.rɪ.bjuːt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'onestà è un attributo prezioso in un leader."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something.

    "Honesty is a valued attribute in a leader."
As verb
  1. 1

    To regard something as being caused by someone or something.

    "She attributes her success to hard work and perseverance."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'attribute' originates from the Latin 'attributus', which is the past participle of 'attribuere', meaning 'to assign'. It entered Middle English in the late 14th century, evolving to encompass both the act of assigning qualities and the qualities themselves.

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