Afrikaans eienskap | ||
Albanian atribut | ||
Amharic አይነታ | ||
Arabic ينسب | ||
Armenian հատկանիշ | ||
Assamese বৈশিষ্ট্য | ||
Aymara chimpu | ||
Azerbaijani atribut | ||
Bambara ka ɲi | ||
Basque atributu | ||
Belarusian атрыбут | ||
Bengali গুণ | ||
Bhojpuri गुण | ||
Bosnian atribut | ||
Bulgarian атрибут | ||
Catalan atribut | ||
Cebuano hiyas | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 属性 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 屬性 | ||
Corsican attributu | ||
Croatian atribut | ||
Czech atribut | ||
Danish attribut | ||
Dhivehi އެޓްރިބިއުޓް | ||
Dogri गुण | ||
Dutch attribuut | ||
English attribute | ||
Esperanto atributo | ||
Estonian atribuut | ||
Ewe ŋutinu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) katangian | ||
Finnish määritteen | ||
French attribut | ||
Frisian attribút | ||
Galician atributo | ||
Georgian ატრიბუტი | ||
German attribut | ||
Greek χαρακτηριστικό | ||
Guarani aporãkatu | ||
Gujarati લક્ષણ | ||
Haitian Creole atribi | ||
Hausa sifa | ||
Hawaiian ʻano | ||
Hebrew תְכוּנָה | ||
Hindi गुण | ||
Hmong cwj pwm | ||
Hungarian tulajdonság | ||
Icelandic eiginleiki | ||
Igbo àgwà | ||
Ilocano idutok | ||
Indonesian atribut | ||
Irish tréith | ||
Italian attributo | ||
Japanese 属性 | ||
Javanese atribut | ||
Kannada ಗುಣಲಕ್ಷಣ | ||
Kazakh атрибут | ||
Khmer គុណលក្ខណៈ | ||
Kinyarwanda ikiranga | ||
Konkani विशेश गूण | ||
Korean 속성 | ||
Krio kwaliti | ||
Kurdish taybetmendî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەشداری | ||
Kyrgyz атрибут | ||
Lao ຄຸນລັກສະນະ | ||
Latin attributo | ||
Latvian atribūts | ||
Lingala ezaleli | ||
Lithuanian atributas | ||
Luganda akakwaate | ||
Luxembourgish attribut | ||
Macedonian атрибут | ||
Maithili गुण | ||
Malagasy toetra | ||
Malay atribut | ||
Malayalam ആട്രിബ്യൂട്ട് | ||
Maltese attribut | ||
Maori huanga | ||
Marathi गुणधर्म | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯔꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕ ꯑꯃꯒꯤ ꯃꯒꯨꯟ | ||
Mizo hnamhnawih | ||
Mongolian шинж чанар | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဂုဏ်ရည် | ||
Nepali विशेषता | ||
Norwegian egenskap | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) malingaliro | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗୁଣ | ||
Oromo amala | ||
Pashto ځانتیا | ||
Persian صفت | ||
Polish atrybut | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) atributo | ||
Punjabi ਗੁਣ | ||
Quechua kapuynin | ||
Romanian atribut | ||
Russian атрибут | ||
Samoan uiga | ||
Sanskrit गुण | ||
Scots Gaelic feart | ||
Sepedi lehlaodi | ||
Serbian атрибут | ||
Sesotho tšobotsi | ||
Shona hunhu | ||
Sindhi منسوب ڪرڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගුණාංගය | ||
Slovak atribút | ||
Slovenian atribut | ||
Somali sifo | ||
Spanish atributo | ||
Sundanese atribut | ||
Swahili sifa | ||
Swedish attribut | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) katangian | ||
Tajik аттрибутӣ | ||
Tamil பண்புக்கூறு | ||
Tatar атрибут | ||
Telugu గుణం | ||
Thai แอตทริบิวต์ | ||
Tigrinya ባህሪ | ||
Tsonga vangiwe | ||
Turkish nitelik | ||
Turkmen atribut | ||
Twi (Akan) su | ||
Ukrainian атрибут | ||
Urdu وصف | ||
Uyghur خاسلىق | ||
Uzbek xususiyat | ||
Vietnamese thuộc tính | ||
Welsh priodoledd | ||
Xhosa uphawu | ||
Yiddish אַטריביוט | ||
Yoruba abuda | ||
Zulu imfanelo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "eienskap" also means "property" or "characteristic" in a legal or scientific context. |
| Albanian | The word "atribut" can also refer to a wedding guest's gift or a dowry in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The word አይነታ can also mean 'example' or 'form'. |
| Arabic | ينسب in Arabic also means to relate or connect something to a person or a thing. |
| Armenian | In addition to the primary meaning of "attribute," the Armenian word "hatkanish" can also refer to a "mark," "sign," or "characteristic." |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, the word "atribut" can also refer to a characteristic or quality that is not necessarily inherent to something. |
| Basque | Basque "atributu" is borrowed from Latin and Spanish "attributum", and is related to "attribution" and "adjectives". |
| Belarusian | The word “атрыбут” also denotes a distinguishing feature; a property characteristic to somebody; distinctive quality |
| Bengali | The word "গুণ" also refers to "rope" and "qualities, accomplishments" in Sanskrit and Bengali, respectively. |
| Bosnian | The word "atribut" in Bosnian is derived from the Latin word "attributum" and shares its meaning of "a characteristic or quality of a person or thing". |
| Bulgarian | The word "атрибут" can also refer to something essential or characteristic of a person or thing. |
| Catalan | "Atribut" in Catalan can also mean "prop" or "support". |
| Cebuano | "Hiyas" can also refer to a precious stone, jewel, or gem, highlighting its value and desirability. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "属性" 在中文里与 "property" 和 "trait" 相对应。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 屬性 (attribute) originally meant "to belong to a certain class or group." |
| Corsican | Similar to French, the Corsican word "attributu" can also refer to a person's qualities or traits, as well as to a grammatical element that modifies a noun. |
| Croatian | Croatian word 'atribut' can also mean 'prop' (a theatrical or TV extra). |
| Czech | The Czech word "atribut" is derived from the Latin word "attributum", which means "something added to" or "a characteristic". |
| Danish | It can also mean 'to attribute' or 'to ascribe'. |
| Dutch | In addition to its primary meaning, "attribuut" can also refer to a part of a coat of arms or a religious article. |
| Esperanto | The word "attribute" in Esperanto, "atributo", is derived from the Latin word "attribuere", which means "to assign" or "to impart". |
| Estonian | The word "atribuut" in Estonian means "attribute" and can also mean "attribute" in the sense of a distinctive or characteristic quality. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "määritteen" can refer to either an attribute, predicate or definition depending on the context. |
| French | The word "attribut" derives from Latin "attribuere", meaning "to assign", and originally referred to the characteristics of a substance or entity |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "attribút" also means "quality" or "characteristic". |
| Galician | In Galician the word atributo is used to refer to both an attribute or quality of something or to a piece of clothing worn by a religious figure. |
| Georgian | The word "ატრიბუტი" comes from the Latin word "attribuere", meaning "to assign" or "to ascribe." |
| German | The word "Attribut" also refers to a legal right, a grammatical element, or a distinguishing mark. |
| Greek | The Greek word "Χαρακτηριστικό" is also used to describe a "distinctive mark" or a "characteristic feature". |
| Gujarati | "લક્ષણ" (lakṣaṇa) can also mean 'a characteristic mark of something', 'diagnostic symptom', 'distinguishing feature', 'indication', 'omen', 'sign', 'token', 'trace' etc. |
| Haitian Creole | "Atribi" is also a verb that means "to give". |
| Hausa | In addition to its use as "attribute" in Hausa, "sifa" also refers to an act of praise or giving thanks to God. |
| Hawaiian | 'Ano' comes from the Proto-Austronesian form *qaNo, which also means 'name'. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "תְכוּנָה" means "attribute" but also can refer to "shape" or "nature". |
| Hindi | The word "गुण" can also refer to a substance, quality, property, or virtue, or to any of the three fundamental forces that constitute matter according to Hindu philosophy (Sattva, Rajas, Tamas). |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "cwj pwm" has roots in the Proto-Hmong-Mien etymology "*kɔːj pʰɔŋ" and is etymologically related to the word "copulative". |
| Hungarian | The word tulajdonság derives from the words tulaj 'owner' and don 'thing', originally meaning 'something that one can own', and later 'a quality or characteristic of a thing'. |
| Icelandic | The word "eiginleiki" in Icelandic can also mean "property" or "characteristic." |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the term "àgwà" refers to both a person's character or disposition and their physical features or appearance. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "atribut" is derived from the Dutch word "attribuut", which in turn comes from the Latin word "attributus", meaning "assigned" or "attached." |
| Irish | The Irish word "tréith" is cognate with the Indo-European root *trei-, meaning "three", and may refer to the three essential characteristics of a person: mind, body, and spirit. |
| Italian | In Italian "attributo" can also mean "adjective", a word providing an attribute of nouns. |
| Japanese | "属性" (zoku sei) can also mean "nature", "propensity", "tendency". |
| Javanese | The word "atribut" in Javanese also means "property" or "characteristic". |
| Kannada | The alternate Kannada word for "attribute" is "ಗುಣಲಕ್ಷಣ" and it also means "quality" and "characteristic". |
| Kazakh | The word "атрибут" in Kazakh can also refer to a personal quality or characteristic. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word គុណលក្ខណៈ translates to "quality", "trait", "characteristics", "property", "feature" or "virtue" in English. |
| Korean | "속성" (attribute) is derived from the Sino-Korean characters "屬星" (屬, belong; 星, star), reflecting its original meaning as the "fixed star" or "constellation" associated with a person's birthdate in traditional Korean astrology. |
| Kurdish | The word 'taybetmendî' also means 'quality' or 'trait' in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "атрибут" also means "property" or "characteristic". |
| Lao | In Theravada Buddhism, 'khounlaksanna' can refer to the physical, verbal, and mental qualities of a person, or to the 32 characteristics of a Buddha. |
| Latin | In Latin, "attributo" can also mean "to bestow" or "to contribute". |
| Latvian | In ancient Greece, the term “attribute” was an accessory to the gods portraying their power. |
| Lithuanian | The word "atributas" is of Latin origin and is related to the word "attribute" in English. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, Attribut can mean "attribute", "talent", or "shortcoming". |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, "атрибут" can also refer to an object of a grammatical subject (i.e. an object of action) |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, "toetra" (attribute) may also refer to behavior or nature. |
| Malay | "Atribut" comes from the Latin word "attributus", which means "assigned" or "attached". |
| Malayalam | The word "attribute" can also refer to the physical or mental characteristics of someone or something. |
| Maltese | Maltese "attribut" is also a word for "charm" or "amulet" in the context of supernatural beliefs. |
| Maori | In Maori, 'huanga' (attribute) can also mean 'scent' or 'fragrance' |
| Marathi | गुणधर्म also means 'quality', 'merit' and 'excellence' in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The term "шинж чанар" in Mongolian can also refer to the characteristics or features of something or someone. |
| Nepali | The word “विशेषता” can also refer to a unique feature, merit, or distinction. |
| Norwegian | "Egenskap" is derived from "egne", meaning "own", and "skap", meaning "creation" or "property". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, the word "malingaliro" also means "characteristics" or "nature". |
| Pashto | The word "ځانتیا" in Pashto also implies "qualities or characteristics that define someone or something."} |
| Persian | In a non-Quranic context, صفت (sefat) can mean "form," as it does in some Persian dialects and classical Persian poetry. |
| Polish | Atrybut has a different meaning in computer science, where it's used to define a parameter of a class. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Brazil, "atributo" can also be used to mean "property" (of a thing), while in Portugal it has more of an abstract or qualitative sense. |
| Punjabi | "ਗੁਣ" is a Punjabi word with Sanskrit origin, meaning quality, virtue, merit, property, or characteristic. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "atribut" can also refer to a person's characteristics or qualities. |
| Russian | Attribute in Russian (атрибут) can mean an attribute, a feature, or a characteristic. |
| Samoan | Uiga derives from the verb uia, 'to seek, to look for' and is linked to the root u, 'the source, the origin'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "feart" in Scots Gaelic also means "feature" or "quality". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word “attribute” (атрибут) also means “accessory” in Russian, Polish and other Slavic languages. |
| Sesotho | Tšobotsi, from the root '-tshoba' (to join), refers to an inherent property that makes something distinct. |
| Shona | Shona word 'hunhu' has meanings rooted in 'quality, nature and the essence of a thing'. |
| Sindhi | The term "attribute" also refers to a religious belief that a power, or quality, is part of a deity or other supernatural entity. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | Originally meant "nature, natural constitution", later came to mean "property, quality". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "atribút" also means "grammar case of a noun" and likely derives from the Latin word "attributum" meaning "addition". |
| Slovenian | The word can also be used in a negative sense to refer to a fault or shortcoming, or to something that is considered to be unimportant or of little value. |
| Somali | The word 'sifo' also refers to qualities, characteristics, or features. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "atributo" can refer to a characteristic, quality, or property of something, as well as to a grammatical modifier. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "atribut" is similar to the Indonesian word "atribut", which is derived from the Dutch word "attribuut" or the French word "attribut". This word means "attribute" or "characteristic". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "sifa" can also mean "praise" or "description." |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "attribut" has roots in Latin and French, and can also refer to a distinguishing characteristic or a personal quality. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In archaic Spanish, "catanigan" referred to "attribute" or "property" (like a building), so perhaps "katangian" was derived from "catanigan". |
| Tajik | The word "аттрибутӣ" (attribute) in Tajik can also refer to a "characteristic" or a "quality" of something. |
| Tamil | The word "பண்புக்கூறு" in Tamil is also used to describe characteristics and qualities of a person or thing. |
| Telugu | "గుణం" means "attribute" in Telugu but it also means "multiply" and "favour". |
| Thai | In computer science, 'แอตทริบิวต์' refers to data values of an object that specify its characteristics or state. |
| Turkish | Nitelik's root niyet ('intention') reflects its early meaning of 'quality of intention'. |
| Ukrainian | In Old Ukrainian the word “атрибут” was used in the meaning of “poison”. |
| Urdu | The word **وصف** has two meanings in Urdu. It is usually pronounced as **waṣf** and it means 'attribute'. It is also pronounced as **waṣīf** and it means 'description'. |
| Uzbek | In Arabic, “xususiyat” also means “property”, “condition”, and “order”. |
| Vietnamese | "Thuộc tính" is a loanword from French "attribut" via Chinese "属性". The word originally referred to characteristics of God in theological contexts, before being used to refer to properties of objects. |
| Welsh | The word "priodoledd" also means "characteristic" or "property" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The word "uphawu" also means "sign" or "proof" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word אַטריביוט is derived from the Hebrew word עטרת, meaning "crown" or "ornament" |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "abuda" can also mean "character" or "nature." |
| Zulu | The word "imfanelo" is a Zulu term with alternate meanings, including "characteristic," "property," and "nature." |
| English | The term 'attribute' originated from the Latin word 'attribuere,' meaning 'to assign' or 'to give to.' |