wright

See also: Wright

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹaɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Homophones: right, rite, write

Etymology 1

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From Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker; wright; workman; artificer; laborer; craftsman”), from Proto-Germanic *wurhtijô (as in *wurkijaną), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”) (English work). Cognate with wrought, dated Dutch wrecht.

Noun

wright (plural wrights)

1. (obsolete) A builder or creator of something.

Derived terms

• arkwright
• boatwright
• cartwright
• cheesewright
• gemwright
• housewright

• ironwright
• millwright
• playwright
• plowwright, ploughwright

• shipwright
• steelwright
• stonewright
• wainwright
• wheelwright

Translations

(obsolete) a builder or creator of something

• Dutch: wrecht m, maker (nl) m, schepper (nl) m
• Italian: maestro (it) m, esperto (it) m, costruttore (it) m
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• Russian: ма́стер (ru) m (máster), строи́тель (ru) m (stroítelʹ), созда́тель (ru) m (sozdátelʹ), созда́тельница (ru) f (sozdátelʹnica)
• Ukrainian: творе́ць (uk) m (tvorécʹ)

Etymology 2

Verb

wright (third-person singular simple present wrights, present participle wrighting, simple past and past participle wrighted)

1. (dated) Misspelling of write.