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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹaɪt/ Forms: wrights [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*werǵ-}}, {{dercat|en|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|en|enm|wrighte}} Middle English wrighte, {{m|enm|wriȝte}} wriȝte, {{m|enm|wruhte}} wruhte, {{m|enm|wurhte}} wurhte, {{inh|en|ang|wyrhta||worker, maker}} Old English wyrhta (“worker, maker”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wurhtijō}} Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō, {{m|gmw-pro|*wurkijan}} *wurkijan, {{m|en|wrought}} wrought, {{cog|nl|wrecht|}} Dutch wrecht, {{m|en|work}} work Head templates: {{en-noun}} wright (plural wrights)
  1. (obsolete except in compounds) A builder or maker of something. Categories (topical): Occupations Translations ((obsolete) builder or maker of something): wrecht [masculine] (Dutch), maker [masculine] (Dutch), maakster [feminine] (Dutch), schepper m schepster [feminine] (Dutch), maestro [masculine] (Italian), maestra [feminine] (Italian), esperto [masculine] (Italian), esperta [feminine] (Italian), costruttore [masculine] (Italian), costruttrice [feminine] (Italian), ма́стер (máster) [masculine] (Russian), мастери́ца (masteríca) [feminine] (Russian), строи́тель (stroítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), строи́тельница (stroítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), созда́тель (sozdátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), созда́тельница (sozdátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), mastru [masculine] (Sicilian), творе́ць (tvorécʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-wright-en-noun-18bSAAp7 Disambiguation of Occupations: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Derived forms: arkwright, boatwright, bridgewright, cartwright, castlewright, cheesewright, gemwright, housewright, ironwright, millwright, playwright, ploughwright, plowwright, shipwright, speechwright, steelwright, stonewright, timberwright, treewright, wainwright, wheelwright, woodwright
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɹaɪt/ Forms: wrights [present, singular, third-person], wrighting [participle, present], wrighted [participle, past], wrighted [past]
Rhymes: -aɪt Head templates: {{en-verb}} wright (third-person singular simple present wrights, present participle wrighting, simple past and past participle wrighted)
  1. (dated) Misspelling of write. Tags: alt-of, dated, misspelling Alternative form of: write
    Sense id: en-wright-en-verb-rCKK-7fc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stroítelʹnica",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "строи́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sozdátelʹ",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "созда́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sozdátelʹnica",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "созда́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mastru"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tvorécʹ",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "творе́ць"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wright"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪt",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪt/1 syllable",
    "en:Occupations"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wrights",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrighting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrighted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrighted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wright (third-person singular simple present wrights, present participle wrighting, simple past and past participle wrighted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "write"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English misspellings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misspelling of write."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Misspelling of write."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "dated",
        "misspelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹaɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "right"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "rite"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "write"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Wright"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wright"
}

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