attributor

English

Etymology

From the Latin attribūtor.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈtɹɪbjuːtɔː/, /əˈtɹɪbjuːtə/
  • Hyphenation: at‧trib‧u‧tor

Noun

attributor (plural attributors)

  1. One who attributes; an imputer.

Synonyms

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

attribuō (I assign, bestow, give, or allot) +‎ -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns)

Pronunciation

Noun

attribūtor m (genitive attribūtōris); third declension

  1. one who attributes, assigns, grants, or awards

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative attribūtor attribūtōrēs
genitive attribūtōris attribūtōrum
dative attribūtōrī attribūtōribus
accusative attribūtōrem attribūtōrēs
ablative attribūtōre attribūtōribus
vocative attribūtor attribūtōrēs

Descendants

  • English: attributor

References

  • adtrĭbūtŏr (att-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette:64/2
  • atto-, attr- in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette:184/1