English
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Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . enPR : rīt , IPA (key ) : /ˈɹaɪt/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . enPR : rīt , IPA (key ) : /ˈɹaɪt/ , [ˈɹaɪʔ(t̚)]
( adverb: exactly; immediately ) :
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "dialectal, includes Western Canada, Northern England, Midlands" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈɹeɪt/ , [ˈɹeɪʔt̚]
Rhymes: -aɪt
Homophones : rite , wright , Wright , write , rate ( dialectal; certain senses only )
Etymology 1
From Middle English right , riȝt , reȝt , from Old English riht , ryht , reht ( “ right ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz ( “ right, direct ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós ( “ having moved in a straight line ” ) , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ( “ to straighten, direct ” ) . An Indo-European past participle, it became a Germanic adjective which has been used also as a noun since the common Germanic period. Cognate with West Frisian rjocht , Dutch recht , German recht and Recht , Swedish rätt and rät , Danish ret , Norwegian Bokmål rett , Norwegian Nynorsk rett , and Icelandic rétt . The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός ( orektós ) and Latin rēctus ; Albanian drejt was borrowed from Latin.
Adjective
right (comparative righter or more right , superlative rightest or rightmost )
( archaic ) Straight , not bent.
a right line
( geometry ) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
( geometry ) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
a right triangle , a right prism , a right cone
Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct , just , true .
I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.
It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work.
1610 , John Locke , An Essay Concerning Human Understanding /Book II
If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is certainly right , "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die."
1808 , Bishop Joseph Hall , Devotional works
there are some dispositions blame-worthy in men, which are yet, in a right sense, holily ascribed unto God; as unchangeableness, and irrepentance.
1841 , Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge Chapter 13
What do you send me into London for, giving me only the right to call for my dinner at the Black Lion, which you’re to pay for next time you go, as if I was not to be trusted with a few shillings? Why do you use me like this? It’s not right of you. You can’t expect me to be quiet under it.
January 4 2018 , Catherine Ford in the Calgary Herald , Religious-based health care raises ethical questions
But when that patient requests access to medical care that violates some religious tenet, is it right that he or she either be denied outright or forced to seek an alternative facility?
Appropriate , perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
Is this the right software for my computer?
Healthy , sane , competent .
I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
Real; veritable (used emphatically).
You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
2016 , Sarah Harvey, A Laugh-out-loud Modern Love Story
He's got a wicked sense of fun, he can be a right laugh, he's ever so broadminded – ooh, and he's got a lovely broad chest too.
1670 , John Milton , The History of Britain
[ …] in this battle and whole business the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to be right barbarians: no rule, no foresight, no forecast, experience, or estimation
( Australia ) All right ; not requiring assistance .
1986 David Williamson, "What If You Died Tomorrow," Collected plays , Volume 1, Currency Press, p310
KIRSTY: I suppose you're hungry. Would you like something to eat? / KEN: No. I'm right , thanks.
2001 Catherine Menagé, Access to English, National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, NSW: Sydney, p25
When the sales assistant sees the customer, she asks Are you right , sir? This means Are you all right? She wants to know if he needs any help.
2001 Morris Gleitzman, Two weeks with the Queen, Pan Macmillan Australia, p75
'You lost?' / Colin spun round. Looking at him was a nurse, her eyebrows raised. / 'No, I'm right , thanks,' said Colin.'
( dated ) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
c. 1707 Joseph Adsison , The Tatler
The lady has been disappointed on the right side.
Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →
After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
Designed to be placed or worn outward .
the right side of a piece of cloth
( politics ) Pertaining to the political right; conservative .
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
straight, not bent
Albanian: drejtë (sq)
Armenian: ուղիղ (hy) ( uġiġ )
Aromanian: ãndreptu
Asturian: reutu (ast) , rectu (ast)
Bashkir: төҙ ( töź ) , тура ( tura )
Basque: zuzen
Belarusian: прамы́ ( pramý )
Bulgarian: прав (bg) ( prav )
Czech: přímý (cs) m
Danish: ret (da) , lige (da)
Dutch: recht (nl)
Esperanto: rekta (eo)
Estonian: otse
Faroese: rættur , beinur
Finnish: suora (fi)
French: droit (fr)
Galician: dereito (gl) m
Georgian: სწორი ( sc̣ori )
German: gerade (de)
Greek:
Ancient: εὐθύς ( euthús ) , ὀρθός ( orthós )
Hawaiian: pololei
Hungarian: egyenes (hu)
Icelandic: beint (is) n , beinn (is) m , bein (is) f
Indonesian: lurus (id)
Italian: diritto (it)
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Japanese: まっすぐ (ja) ( massugu )
Korean: 곧다 (ko) ( gotda )
Kurdish:
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Latin: directus
Macedonian: прав m ( prav )
Maltese: dritt m , dritta f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rett (no)
Nynorsk: rett
Ojibwe: gwayak
Persian: راست (fa) ( râst )
Portuguese: reto (pt)
Romanian: drept (ro)
Russian: прямо́й (ru) ( prjamój )
Serbo-Croatian: prav (sh) , ravan (sh)
Spanish: derecho (es) , recto (es) , justo (es)
Swedish: rak (sv)
Tajik: рост (tg) ( rost )
Thai: ดิ่ว ( dìu ) , ตรง (th) ( dtrong )
Turkish: düz (tr)
Ukrainian: прями́й (uk) ( prjamýj )
Vietnamese: thẳng (vi)
Yagnobi: рост ( rost )
Zazaki: raşt
perpendicular
Armenian: ուղղահայաց (hy) ( uġġahayacʻ )
Bulgarian: перпендикулярен (bg) ( perpendikuljaren ) , прав (bg) ( prav )
Czech: pravý (cs) , kolmý (cs)
Danish: ret (da) , retvinklet
Esperanto: orta
Finnish: suora (fi)
French: droit (fr) m
Georgian: მართი ( marti ) , მართობული ( martobuli )
German: rechtwinklig (de)
Greek: ορθός (el) ( orthós )
Icelandic: rétt horn (is)
Japanese: 垂直 (ja) ( すいちょく, suichoku ) , 直 (ja) ( ちょく, choku )
Korean: 곧다 (ko) ( gotda )
Latin: directus
Macedonian: прав m ( prav ) , нормален ( normalen )
Malay: tepat
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Ojibwe: gwayak
Portuguese: perpendicular (pt) , reto (pt)
Romanian: drept (ro)
Russian: перпендикуля́рный (ru) ( perpendikuljárnyj ) , прямо́й (ru) ( prjamój )
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: okomit (sh)
Slovene: pravi
Spanish: perpendicular (es) , recto (es)
Swedish: rät (sv) , rätvinklig (sv) , vinkelrät (sv)
Tagalog: tadlungin , tadlong
Telugu: లంబ (te) ( lamba )
Thai: มุมฉาก (th) ( mum-chàak )
Turkish: dik (tr) , dikey (tr)
Vietnamese: (please verify ) vuông góc (vi) , ( vuông = perpendicular, thẳng = straight ) (please verify ) thẳng góc (vi) .
Welsh: cywir (cy) , sgŵr
complying with justice, correct
— see also be right
Albanian: drejtë (sq)
Arabic: صَحِيح (ar) m ( ṣaḥīḥ ) , صَوَاب ( ṣawāb )
Armenian: ճիշտ (hy) ( čišt )
Azerbaijani: düz (az) , doğru (az)
Bashkir: дөрөҫ ( döröś )
Basque: zuzen , ongi
Belarusian: пра́вільны ( právilʹny ) , ве́рны ( vjérny )
Bulgarian: ве́рен (bg) ( véren ) , пра́вилен (bg) ( právilen )
Burmese: မှန် (my) ( hman )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 正確 / 正确 ( zing3 kok3 ) , 正确 ( zing3 kok3 )
Mandarin: 正確 / 正确 (zh) ( zhèngquè ) , 正确 (zh) ( zhèngquè )
Czech: správný (cs)
Danish: rigtig (da) , korrekt (da)
Dutch: correct (nl) , juist (nl)
Esperanto: ĝusta , prava (eo)
Estonian: õige (et)
Finnish: oikea (fi)
French: correct (fr) , juste (fr) , bon (fr) , droit (fr) m
Georgian: სწორი ( sc̣ori ) , მართებული ( martebuli ) , მართალი ( martali ) , წესიერი ( c̣esieri ) , სამართლიანი ( samartliani )
German: richtig (de)
Greek: σωστό (el) ( sostó )
Hawaiian: pololei
Hebrew: צוֹדֵק ( tzodék )
Hindi: ठीक (hi) ( ṭhīk )
Hungarian: helyes (hu)
Icelandic: rétt f or n , réttur (is) m
Ido: korekta (io)
Indonesian: benar (id) , betul (id)
Interlingua: correcte , juste
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Italian: corretto (it)
Japanese: 正しい (ja) ( ただしい, tadashii )
Khmer: ត្រូវ (km) ( trəw )
Korean: 옳다 (ko) ( olta ) , 바르다 (ko) ( bareuda )
Kumyk: тюз ( tüz ) , герти ( gerti ) , дурус ( durus )
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Kurdish:
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Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: rectus , emendatus , elegans
Ligurian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: правилен m ( pravilen ) , точен m ( točen ) , исправен ( ispraven )
Malay: betul
Maltese: korett m , koretta f , tajjeb (mt) m , tajba (mt) f
Navajo: ákótʼé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: riktig (no) , rett (no) , korrekt (no)
Nynorsk: riktig , rett , korrekt
Occitan: please add this translation if you can
Ojibwe: gwayak
Persian: درست (fa) ( dorost )
Polish: poprawny (pl) , prawidłowy (pl) , prawy (pl) , słuszny (pl)
Portuguese: correto (pt) , justo (pt) , certo (pt)
Romanian: drept (ro) , corect (ro)
Russian: пра́вильный (ru) m ( právilʹnyj ) , пра́вый (ru) ( právyj )
Scottish Gaelic: ceart
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: исправан , точан
Roman: ispravan (sh) , točan (sh)
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Slovene: pravi
Spanish: correcto (es) , justo (es)
Swedish: rätt (sv) , riktig (sv) , korrekt (sv)
Telugu: సరైన ( saraina ) , సరి (te) ( sari )
Thai: ถูก (th) ( tùuk ) , ใช่ (th) ( châi )
Turkish: doğru (tr)
Ukrainian: пра́вильний (uk) ( právylʹnyj ) , ві́рний ( vírnyj )
Urdu: ٹھیک (ur) ( thīk )
Vietnamese: phải (vi) , đúng (vi) , ( phải='right position' and correct, trái = left and wrong ) có lý (vi)
Volapük: verätik (vo)
Yiddish: ריכטיק ( rikhtik ) ( of a thing ) , גערעכט ( gerekht ) ( of a person )
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
appropriate, fit for purpose
all right, not requiring assistance
— see all right
of direction, opposite of left
Afrikaans: regs
Albanian: djathtë (sq)
Arabic: يَمِين ( yamīn )
Egyptian Arabic: يمين ( yimīn )
Armenian: աջ (hy) ( aǰ )
Assamese: সোঁ ( xü̃ )
Azerbaijani: sağ (az)
Bashkir: уң ( uñ )
Basque: eskuin (eu)
Belarusian: пра́вы ( právy )
Bengali: ডান ( ḍan )
Bulgarian: де́сен (bg) ( désen )
Burmese: ညာ (my) ( nya )
Catalan: dret (ca)
Central Dusun: wanan
Chinese:
Cantonese: 右 (yue) ( jau6 )
Dungan: ю ( i͡u )
Mandarin: 右 (zh) ( yòu )
Czech: pravý (cs) m
Dalmatian: diastro
Danish: højre (da)
Dutch: rechts (nl) , rechter-
Esperanto: dekstra (eo)
Estonian: parem
Finnish: oikea (fi) , oikeanpuoleinen (fi)
French: droit (fr) m , droite (fr) f
Georgian: მარჯვენა ( marǯvena )
German: recht (de)
Greek: δεξιός (el) ( dexiós )
Ancient: δεξιός ( dexiós )
Guaraní: akatúvape
Hawaiian: ʻākau
Hebrew: יָמִין (he) ( yemín )
Hiligaynon: tuô
Hindi: दाहिना (hi) ( dāhinā )
Hungarian: jobb (hu)
Icelandic: hægri
Ido: dextra (io)
Indonesian: kanan (id)
Interlingua: dextere , dextre
Irish: deas
Italian: destro (it) m , destra (it) f
Japanese: 右 (ja) ( みぎ, migi )
Kazakh: оң (kk) ( oñ )
Khmer: ស្ដាំ (km) ( sdam )
Korean: 오른 (ko) ( oreun ) , 바른 (ko) ( bareun )
Kumyk: онг ( oñ )
Kurdish:
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Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Kyrgyz: оң (ky) ( oŋ )
Lakota: isloyatan
Lao: ຂວາ ( khuā )
Latin: dexter
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Latvian: labais
Lithuanian: dešinys
Luxembourgish: riets
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: де́сен ( désen )
Malay: kanan (ms)
Maltese: lemin
Mi'kmaq: badadujk
Mongolian: баруун (mn) ( baruun )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: høyre (no)
Nynorsk: høgre
Ojibwe: gichinik
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: правъ ( pravŭ )
Old East Slavic: правъ ( pravŭ )
Old English: swīþra
Pashto: راست (ps) ( rāst )
Persian: راست (fa) ( râst )
Pitjantjatjara: waku
Polish: prawy (pl)
Portuguese: direito (pt)
Romanian: drept (ro)
Romansch: dretg
Russian: пра́вый (ru) ( právyj )
Scottish Gaelic: deas
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: десни
Roman: desni (sh)
Slovak: pravý
Slovene: desni
Spanish: derecho (es) m , derecha (es) f , diestra (es)
Sundanese: tengen
Swahili: -a kuume
Swedish: höger (sv)
Tagalog: kanan
Tajik: рост (tg) ( rost )
Tatar: уң ( uñ )
Telugu: కుడి (te) ( kuḍi )
Thai: ขวา (th) ( kwǎa )
Tibetan: གཡས ( g.yas )
Turkish: sağ (tr)
Turkmen: sag
Ukrainian: пра́вий (uk) ( právyj )
Urdu: دائیں ( dāẽ )
Uyghur: ئوڭ (ug) ( ong )
Uzbek: oʻng (uz) , sogʻ (uz) ( regional )
Vietnamese: phải (vi) , ( straight ) thẳng (vi)
Welsh: de (cy)
Yiddish: רעכט ( rekht )
Zealandic: rechts
Zhuang: baih
conservative
Armenian: աջ (hy) ( aǰ )
Bulgarian: десничарски ( desničarski )
Czech: pravicový m
Danish: konservativ (da) , højre-
Finnish: oikeistolainen (fi) , oikea (fi)
French: de droite
Galician: de dereitas
Georgian: მემარჯვენე ( memarǯvene )
Greek: συντηρητικός (el) ( syntiritikós ) , δεξιός (el) ( dexiós )
Hebrew: יְמָנִי ( yemaní )
Hungarian: jobboldal (hu)
Icelandic: hægri
Japanese: 右翼 (ja) ( うよく, uyoku )
Korean: 우익 ( u'ik )
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Kurdish:
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Macedonian: десничарски m ( desničarski ) , десен m ( desen )
Portuguese: de direita , direitista (pt)
Romanian: de dreapta
Russian: пра́вый (ru) ( právyj )
Serbo-Croatian: desničarski (sh)
Slovene: desničarski
Spanish: de la derecha , de derecha , de derechas ( Spain )
Swedish: höger-
Thai: ฝ่ายขวา (th) ( fàai-kwǎa )
Turkish: tutucu (tr) , muhafazakâr (tr)
Vietnamese: cánh hữu , hữu khuynh (vi)
Translations to be checked
(deprecated template usage ) Dutch : rechts , rechtse (1), recht (2), correct (3), juist (3), rechtschapen (3), rechtvaardig (3), eerlijk (3), billijk (3)
(deprecated template usage ) Interlingua : dextere , dextre (1); recte (2); correcte , juste (3)
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(deprecated template usage ) Romanian : dreapta (1), drept m (2,3,4)
(deprecated template usage ) Spanish : derecho (1,5), recto (2), correcto (3), justo (2,3)
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle English right , righte , from Old English rihte , rehte ( “ right; rightly; due; directly; straight ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *rehta , from *rehtaz ( “ right; straight ” ) .
Adverb
right (not comparable )
On the right side.
Towards the right side.
Exactly , precisely .
The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.
1913 , Joseph C. Lincoln , chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients :Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
Immediately , directly .
Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.
( British , US , dialect ) Very , extremely , quite .
I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.
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2004 , Jon Sharpe, Nebraska nightmare :Well, that would be right neighborly of you, miss.
2005 , Linda Beaulieu, The Providence and Rhode Island Cookbook , page 63 :A right neighborly time.
2006 , Lauraine Snelling, The Reapers' Song , page 286 :“Something to eat would be right neighborly Where in tarnation are we?” “We'll be in Minneapolis in an hour or two.”
2008 , Luke Cypher, Red Mesa , page 101 :But it would be right neighborly and Christian of you to put your own wants aside for a spell.
2011 , Ann Hite, Ghost on Black Mountain :The fog was right hard to see through so I was on Tom Pritchard before I saw him.
According to fact or truth; actually ; truly ; really .
In a correct manner .
Do it right or don't do it at all.
( dated , still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.
1913 , Joseph C. Lincoln , chapter 13, in Mr. Pratt's Patients :He b'iled right over, and the tongue-lashing he give that boss Right Liver beat anything I ever listened to. There was heap of Scriptur' language in it, and more brimstone than you'd find in a match factory.
Sir, I am right glad to meet you …
Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.
The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci.
Usage notes
In the US, the word "right" is used as an adverb meaning "very, quite" in most of the major dialect areas, including the Southern US, Appalachia, New England, and the Midwest, though the usage is not part of standard US English. In the UK also it is not part of the standard language but is regarded as stereotypical of the dialects of northern England, though it occurs in other dialects also.
Quotations
Synonyms
( on the right side ) : rightward , rightwise
( towards the right side ) : rightward , rightways
( exactly, precisely ) : exactly , just , precisely , smack-dab
( immediately, directly ) : right smack , slap-bang
( very, extremely ) : ever so ; see also Thesaurus:very
( according to fact or truth ) : in point of fact , in truth ; see also Thesaurus:actually
( correct manner ) : correctly , properly
Derived terms
Translations
on the right side
Arabic: عَلَى اَلْيَمِين ( ʕalā l-yamīn )
Asturian: a la derecha
Bashkir: уңда ( uñda ) , уңдағы ( uñdağı )
Belarusian: спра́ва ( správa )
Bulgarian: отдя́сно ( otdjásno )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 右邊 / 右边 (zh) ( yòubiān ) , 右边 (zh) ( yòubiān ) , 在右邊 / 在右边 , 在右边 ( zài yòubiān )
Czech: napravo
Dutch: rechts (nl)
Egyptian: (wnmj )
Finnish: oikealla
French: à droite (fr)
Georgian: მარჯვნივ ( marǯvniv ) , მარჯვენა მხარეს ( marǯvena mxares )
German: rechts (de)
Greek: δεξιά (el) ( dexiá )
Hungarian: jobbra (hu) , jobboldalt (hu)
Italian: a destra
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Japanese: 右に (ja) ( みぎに, migi ni )
Korean: 오른쪽에 (ko) ( oreunjjoge )
Luxembourgish: riets
Macedonian: од десно ( od desno )
Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ( baraɣun ) , баруун (mn) ( baruun )
Navajo: nishʼnáájígo
Persian: راست (fa) ( râst ) , در سمت راست ( dar semet râst )
Polish: na prawo
Portuguese: à direita
Romanian: la dreapta , pe dreapta
Russian: спра́ва (ru) ( správa )
Slovak: na pravé
Slovene: na desni
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: napšawo
Spanish: a la derecha , a la diestra
Swedish: åt höger
Ukrainian: зпра́ва ( zpráva )
Vietnamese: ở bên phải
according to fact or truth
Interjection
right
Yes, that is correct ; I agree .
I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion .
Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse .
- After that interview, I don't think we should hire her. - Right — who wants lunch?
Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance .
You're going, right ?
Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
1987 , Withnail and I :
Withnail: Right ... I'm gonna do the washing up.
Translations
yes, that is correct; I agree
Czech: v pořádku , správně (cs) , souhlasím
Finnish: aivan (fi)
French: d’accord (fr)
Georgian: სწორია ( sc̣oria )
German: ja, das ist richtig
Greek: σωστά (el) ( sostá )
Hungarian: rendben (hu) , jól van , jó (hu)
Japanese: そう ( sō )
Persian: درسته ( doroste )
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Polish: racja (pl) f , prawda (pl) f
Portuguese: certo (pt)
Romanian: e drept , așa-i , da (ro)
Russian: пра́вильно (ru) ( právilʹno ) , ве́рно (ru) ( vérno ) , ла́дно (ru) ( ládno ) ( familiar )
Spanish: vale (es) ( Spain )
Swedish: precis (sv) , visst (sv)
Venetian: giusta (vec) , vera
changing the subject in a discussion
checking agreement
Ashkun: ne
Asturian: verdá
Chinese:
Mandarin: 对不对 (zh) ( duì bù duì )
Czech: že (cs) ?, viďte ?, ( informal ) viď (cs) ?, (rather formal) že ano ?
Danish: ikke (da) , ikke sandt
Dutch: toch (nl)
Esperanto: ĉu ne?
Finnish: eikö niin
French: non ? (fr) , n’est-ce pas ? (fr) , hein ? (fr)
German: nicht wahr? , oder? (de) , ne? (de)
Greek: έτσι δεν είναι; ( étsi den eínai? )
Greenlandic: ilaa
Hungarian: igaz (hu) , ugye
Japanese: ね? (ja) ( ne? ) , でしょう? ( deshō? )
Kamkata-viri: ne
Korean: 지 (ko) ( ji ) , 죠 ( jo )
Ladin: nia?
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Latin: nonne (la)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ikke sant (no) , sant (no)
Nynorsk: ikkje sant , sant
Okinawan: なー ( nā )
Persian: درست (fa)
Polish: prawda (pl) , ( colloquial ) co nie , ( colloquial ) nie (pl)
Portuguese: né (pt) , certo (pt)
Prasuni: nā
Romanian: nu-i așa , da (ro) , nu (ro)
Russian: ве́рно (ru) ( vérno ) , пра́вильно (ru) ( právilʹno ) , не та́к ли? ( ne ták li? )
Spanish: verdad (es) , ¿verdad? (es) , ¿vale? (es) ( Spain ) , ¿no? (es) , ¿cierto? (es)
Swedish: eller hur? (sv) , va? (sv) , inte sant?
Tagalog: diba
Venetian: vera
Vietnamese: phải không?
Waigali: nā
adding seriousness or decisiveness before a statement
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Middle English right , righte , reght , reghte , riȝt , riȝte , from Old English riht , reht , ġeriht ( “ that which is right, just, or proper; a right; due; law; canon; rule; direction; justice; equity; standard ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *rehtą ( “ a right ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtom , from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵt- ( “ to straighten; direct ” ) . Cognate with Dutch recht ( “ a right; privilege ” ) , German Recht ( “ a right ” ) .
Noun
right (plural rights )
That which complies with justice , law or reason .
We're on the side of right in this contest.
A legal, just or moral entitlement .
You have no right to go through my personal diary.
1825 , Samuel Taylor Coleridge , Table Talk
There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties.
1922 , Michael Arlen , “3/19/2 ”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days :Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.
2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols ”, in The Economist , volume 408 , number 8848 :Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
see also in right of
The right side or direction.
The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
The right hand.
( politics ) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
The political right holds too much power.
The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
1890 , The Woman's World , page 434 :Simple cross-stitch, with a space between each stitch, may be worked in two rows, in which case the completed stitch on the wrong sides alternates with that on the right .
1913 , Woman's Home Companion - Volume 40 , page 40 :For the large size, two pieces of silk, eighteen inches wide and twenty-seven inches long, are sewed together at three sides, rights together, leaving one end open.
1918 , Pacific Rural Press - Volume 95 , page 392 :In case there is a right and wrong side to the tops, put two rights together.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from right (noun)
Translations
which complies with justice, law or reason
legal or moral entitlement
Albanian: drejtë (sq) f
Arabic: حَقّ (ar) m ( ḥaqq ) , حُقُوق (ar) m pl ( ḥuqūq )
Egyptian Arabic: حقّ m ( ḥaʾʾ )
Armenian: իրավունք (hy) ( iravunkʻ )
Aromanian: ãndreptu
Azerbaijani: hüquq , haqq (az)
Bashkir: хоҡуҡ ( xoquq ) , хаҡ ( xaq )
Belarusian: пра́ва n ( práva )
Bengali: অধিকার (bn) ( odhikar )
Bulgarian: пра́во (bg) n ( právo )
Burmese: အခွင့် (my) ( a.hkwang. ) , အခွင့်အရေး (my) ( a.hkwang.a.re: )
Catalan: dret (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 權利 / 权利 ( kyun4 lei6 ) , 权利 ( kyun4 lei6 )
Dungan: чүанли ( čüanli )
Hakka: 權利 / 权利 , 权利 ( khièn-li / khiàn-li )
Mandarin: 權利 / 权利 (zh) ( quánlì ) , 权利 (zh) ( quánlì )
Min Dong: 權利 / 权利 ( guòng-lé ) , 权利 ( guòng-lé )
Min Nan: 權利 / 权利 (zh-min-nan) , 权利 ( koân-lī / khoân-lī )
Wu: 權利 / 权利 ( 6 jioe-li) , 权利 ( jjyoe li )
Czech: právo (cs) n
Danish: ret (da) , rettighed
Dutch: recht (nl) n
Esperanto: rajto
Estonian: õigus (et)
Finnish: oikeus (fi)
French: droit (fr) m
Galician: dereito (gl) m
Georgian: უფლება ( upleba )
German: Recht (de) n
Greek: δικαίωμα (el) n ( dikaíoma )
Haitian Creole: dwa
Hebrew: זְכוּת (he) f ( zkhut )
Hindi: अधिकार (hi) m ( adhikār ) , हक़ m ( haq )
Hungarian: jog (hu) , jogosultság (hu)
Icelandic: réttindi (is) n pl
Ido: yuro (io)
Indonesian: hak (id)
Interlingua: derecto
Irish:
Old Irish: recht m
Italian: diritto (it) m
Japanese: 権利 (ja) ( けんり, kenri )
Kazakh: құқық ( qūqyq )
Korean: 권리 (ko) ( gwolli )
Kurdish:
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Kyrgyz: укук (ky) ( ukuk )
Lao: ສິດທິ (lo) ( sit thi )
Latvian: tiesības m
Lithuanian: teisė (lt) f
Macedonian: право n ( pravo )
Malay: hak (ms)
Maori: mōtika
Mongolian: эрх (mn) ( erx )
Norman: drouait m ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rett (no) m , riktighet m or f
Nynorsk: rett m , riktigheit f
Persian: حق (fa) ( haqq ) , حقوق (fa) pl ( hoquq )
Polish: prawo (pl) n
Portuguese: direito (pt) m
Romanian: drept (ro) n
Russian: пра́во (ru) n ( právo ) , права́ (ru) pl ( pravá )
Scottish Gaelic: còir f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: право n
Roman: pravo (sh) n
Slovak: právo n
Slovene: pravica (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pšawo n
Spanish: derecho (es) m
Swahili: haki (sw)
Swedish: rätt (sv) c , rättighet (sv) c
Tagalog: karapatan (tl)
Tajik: ҳуқуқ (tg) ( huquq ) , ҳақ ( haq )
Tatar: хак (tt) ( xaq )
Telugu: హక్కు (te) ( hakku )
Thai: สิทธิ (th) ( sìt-tí )
Turkish: hak (tr)
Turkmen: hak
Ukrainian: пра́во (uk) n ( právo )
Urdu: حق (ur) m ( haq ) , حقوق pl ( huqūq )
Uzbek: huquq (uz) , haq (uz)
Vietnamese: quyền lợi (vi) , quyền (vi)
Welsh: hawl (cy) , rhaith ( historic )
Yiddish: רעכט n ( rekht )
Zhuang: genzli (權利 )
right, not left, side
Arabic: يَمِين ( yamīn )
Armenian: աջ (hy) ( aǰ )
Bashkir: уң яҡ ( uñ yaq )
Basque: eskuin (eu) , eskubi (eu) , eskuma (eu)
Bulgarian: дясно (bg) ( djasno )
Burmese: ညာ (my) ( nya )
Czech: na pravo
Danish: højre (da) side (da)
Dutch: rechts (nl) m , rechterhand (nl) f
Esperanto: dekstra (eo)
Finnish: oikea (fi) ( puoli )
French: droite (fr) f
Galician: dereita (gl) f , dereito (gl) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Rechte (de) f
Greek: δεξιά (el) n pl ( dexiá )
Hungarian: jobb oldal
Ido: dextro
Indonesian: (please verify ) sayap kanan
Interlingua: dextera , dextra
Irish: deis (ga) f
Italian: destra (it)
Japanese: 右 (ja) ( みぎ, migi )
Korean: 오른쪽 (ko) ( oreunjjok )
Kurdish:
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Lakota: isloyatan
Macedonian: десно n ( desno )
Maore Comorian: kume
Norman: drouaite f ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: høyre siden m , høyre sida f
Nynorsk: høgre sida f
Ojibwe: gichinik
Polish: prawa f
Portuguese: direita (pt) f
Quechua: paña
Romanian: dreapta (ro) f
Russian: пра́вый (ru) ( právyj )
Serbo-Croatian: (please verify ) desno (sh) n , (please verify ) desna strana
Spanish: derecha (es) f
Swahili: kulia (sw)
Swedish: höger (sv) , höger sida
Telugu: కుడి (te) ( kuḍi )
Turkish: sağ (tr)
Venetian: destra f , dèstra f , dreta f
Vietnamese: ( on sb's right ) bên phải
Vilamovian: racht
right-wing politicians and parties
Etymology 4
From Middle English righten , reghten , riȝten , from Old English rihtan , ġerihtan ( “ to straighten, judge, set upright, set right ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną ( “ to straighten; rectify; judge ” ) .
Verb
right (third-person singular simple present rights , present participle righting , simple past and past participle righted )
( transitive ) To correct .
Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
( transitive ) To set upright .
The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
( intransitive ) To return to normal upright position.
When the wind died down, the ship righted .
( transitive ) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
to right the oppressed
c. 1592 , William Shakespeare, Richard III
So just is God, to right the innocent.
1776 , Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, Declaration of Independence
All experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
Derived terms
Translations
to correct
Arabic: صَحَّحَ ( ṣaḥḥaḥa )
Bashkir: төҙәтеү ( töźətew ) , дөрөҫләү ( döröśləw )
Basque: zuzendu
Bulgarian: коригирам (bg) ( korigiram )
Czech: napravit
Danish: rette , korrigere
Dutch: verbeteren (nl)
Faroese: rætta
Finnish: korjata (fi)
French: corriger (fr)
Georgian: გასწორება ( gasc̣oreba ) , შესწორება ( šesc̣oreba ) , გამოსწორება ( gamosc̣oreba ) , ჩასწორება ( časc̣oreba )
German: berichtigen (de) , richtigstellen (de) , korrigieren (de)
Ido: korektigar (io)
Italian: correggere (it)
Japanese: 訂正する (ja) ( ていせいする, teisei suru )
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Macedonian: поправа n ( poprava ) , исправа n ( isprava ) , кореги́ра n ( koregíra )
Portuguese: corrigir (pt)
Romanian: corecta (ro) , îndrepta (ro)
Russian: исправля́ть (ru) impf ( ispravljátʹ ) , испра́вить (ru) pf ( isprávitʹ ) , поправля́ть (ru) ( popravljátʹ ) , попра́вить (ru) ( poprávitʹ )
Serbo-Croatian: ispraviti (sh)
Slovene: popravljati , popraviti
Spanish: corregir (es)
Swedish: rätta (sv) , korrigera (sv) ( minor corrections )
Thai: แก้ (th) ( gɛ̂ɛ )
Turkish: düzeltmek (tr)
Welsh: reit
(intransitive) to return to normal upright position
Further reading
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English riht ; from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz .
Pronunciation
Noun
right (plural rightes or righten )
A good deed , right action
A just or equitable action
A law , ruling , judgement or rule
A right , entitlement or privilege
Truth, correctness
right (direction; as opposed to the left)
Descendants
References
Adjective
right (plural and weak singular righte , comparative rightre , superlative rightest )
straight , not bent
On the or at the right (as opposed to left)
Morally correct or justified
Legally correct or justified
real , genuine , authentic , true
natural , undisturbed
Descendants
References
Spanish
Noun
right m (plural rights )
( baseball ) right fielder