attribute

attribut, caractéristique

Qualité ou particularité que possède une personne ou une chose.

En anglais simple : A quality or feature that someone or something has.

• Patience is a useful attribute.
• The job requires several important attributes.
• What is the building’s most striking attribute?

Comment l'utiliser : an attribute of someone/something (Honesty is an important attribute of a leader.)

Synonymes : quality, feature, characteristic, trait

Expressions courantes : personal attribute, essential attribute, attribute of something

attribut

Propriété ou réglage associé à un objet dans un système informatique.

En anglais simple : A property or setting attached to an object in a computer system.

• This attribute controls the text colour.
• The program changed the file’s attributes.
• Each element has an attribute that stores its name.

Synonymes : property

Expressions courantes : file attribute, attribute value, set an attribute

attribut

Objet représenté avec un personnage pour indiquer son identité ou son rôle.

En anglais simple : An object shown with a person or figure in art to identify them or their role.

• The trident is an attribute of the sea god.
• The saint’s attribute appears beside her in the painting.
• These attributes help viewers identify the figures.

Comment l'utiliser : an attribute of someone (The key is a traditional attribute of this saint.)

Synonymes : symbol, emblem

Expressions courantes : traditional attribute, attribute of someone, symbolic attribute

attribuer

Dire qu’une chose s’est produite à cause d’une personne ou d’un élément précis.

En anglais simple : To say that something happened because of a particular person or thing.

• They attribute the delay to bad weather.
• She attributed her success to hard work.
• Can we attribute this change to better training?

Comment l'utiliser : attribute something to someone/something (Doctors attribute his tiredness to a lack of sleep.)

Synonymes : ascribe, put down

Expressions courantes : attribute something to someone, attribute success to something

attribuer

Dire qu’une personne précise a créé ou écrit quelque chose, ou que cette chose lui appartient.

En anglais simple : To say that a particular person made, wrote, or owns something.

• Experts attribute the painting to a local artist.
• The poem was attributed to her brother.
• Who first attributed this letter to the king?

Comment l'utiliser : attribute something to someone (The museum attributes this drawing to a student of the artist.)

Synonymes : ascribe, credit

Expressions courantes : attribute something to someone, attribute a painting