wright

See also: Wright

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker, maker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō (as in *wurkijan). Cognate with wrought, dated Dutch wrecht, work.

Noun

wright (plural wrights)

1. (archaic except in compounds) A builder or maker of something.

Derived terms

• arkwright
• boatwright
• bookwright
• bridgewright
• candlewright
• cartwright
• castlewright
• cheesewright
• coachwright
• fanwright
• filmwright
• gemwright
• ginwright
• gunwright
• housewright
• ironwright
• leatwright
• millwright
• novelwright
• playwright
• ploughwright
• plowwright
• scenewright
• shieldwright
• shipwright
• smithwright
• speechwright
• stagewright
• steelwright
• stonewright
• timberwright
• treewright
• waggonwright
• wagonwright
• wainwright
• wheelwright
• wheelwrighting
• woodwright

 

Translations

(obsolete) builder or maker of something

• Dutch: wrecht m, maker (nl) m, maakster (nl) f, schepper (nl) m schepster f
• Italian: maestro (it) m, maestra (it) f, esperto (it) m, esperta (it) f, costruttore (it) m, costruttrice (it) f
• Russian: ма́стер (ru) m (máster), мастери́ца (ru) f (masteríca), строи́тель (ru) m (stroítelʹ), строи́тельница (ru) f (stroítelʹnica), созда́тель (ru) m (sozdátelʹ), созда́тельница (ru) f (sozdátelʹnica)
• Sicilian: mastru (scn) m
• 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.