wright

See also: Wright

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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)

(obsolete) A builder or creator of something.

Derived terms

arkwright
boatwright
cartwright
cheesewright
gemwright
housewright

millwright
playwright
plowwright, ploughwright

shipwright
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

Russian: ма́стер (ru) m (máster), строи́тель (ru) m (stroítelʹ), созда́тель (ru) m (sozdátelʹ), созда́тельница (ru) f (sozdátelʹnica)
Ukrainian: творець (uk) m (tvoréć)

Verb

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

(dated) Misspelling of write.