authorship

English

Alternative forms

• authourship (obsolete)

Etymology

author +‎ -ship

Noun

authorship (countable and uncountable, plural authorships)

1. The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
2. The source; origin; origination

   We are unaware of the authorship of this book

Derived terms

• pride of authorship

Translations

quality or state of being an author

• Albanian: autorësi (sq)
• Armenian: հեղինակություն (hy) (heġinakutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: а́вторство (ávtorstvo)
• Catalan: autoria f
• Czech: autorství n
• Danish: forfatterskab
• Dutch: schrijverschap (nl) n
• Esperanto: aŭtoreco
• French: paternité (fr)
• German: Autorschaft (de) f
• Italian: paternità (it)
• Polish: autorstwo (pl) n
• Russian: а́вторство (ru) n (ávtorstvo)
• Sanskrit: कर्तृत्व (sa) n (kartṛtva)
• Serbo-Croatian: autórstvo (sh) n
• Spanish: autoría (es)

References

• “authorship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.