wright

See also: Wright

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹaɪt/
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  • 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). Related to wrought and work. Cognate with Dutch wrecht (“worker, builder, wright”, archaic).

Noun

wright (plural wrights)

  1. (dated in Scotland, archaic elsewhere outside compounds) A builder or maker of something.
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Etymology 2

Verb

wright (third-person singular simple present wrights, present participle wrought, simple past and past participle wrighten)

  1. (dated) Misspelling of write.
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