"wright" meaning in English

See wright in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɹaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wright.wav 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, {{inh|en|ang|wyrhta||worker, maker}} Old English wyrhta (“worker, maker”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wurhtijō}} Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō, {{cog|nl|wrecht|}} Dutch wrecht Head templates: {{en-noun}} wright (plural wrights)
  1. (archaic except in compounds and in Scotland, dated) A builder or maker of something. Tags: dated Translations ((obsolete) builder or maker of something): výrobce [masculine] (Czech), 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 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Occupations: 95 5 Hyponyms: 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, woodwright Derived forms: 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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɹaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wright.wav Forms: wrights [present, singular, third-person], wrought [participle, present], wrighten [participle, past], wrighten [past]
Rhymes: -aɪt Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|wrought|~en}} wright (third-person singular simple present wrights, present participle wrought, simple past and past participle wrighten)
  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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          "roman": "máster",
          "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
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          "word": "ма́стер"
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          "roman": "masteríca",
          "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
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          "roman": "tvorécʹ",
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "word": "boatwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "bookwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "bridgewright"
    },
    {
      "word": "candlewright"
    },
    {
      "word": "cartwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "castlewright"
    },
    {
      "word": "cheesewright"
    },
    {
      "word": "coachwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "fanwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "filmwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "gemwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "ginwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "gunwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "housewright"
    },
    {
      "word": "ironwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "leatwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "millwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "novelwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "playwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "ploughwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "plowwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "scenewright"
    },
    {
      "word": "shieldwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "shipwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "smithwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "speechwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "stagewright"
    },
    {
      "word": "steelwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "stonewright"
    },
    {
      "word": "timberwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "treewright"
    },
    {
      "word": "waggonwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "wagonwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "wainwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "wheelwright"
    },
    {
      "word": "woodwright"
    }
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        "A builder or maker of something."
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        "(archaic except in compounds and in Scotland, dated) A builder or maker of something."
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      "ipa": "/ɹaɪt/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "right"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "rite"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "write"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Wright"
    }
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "výrobce"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
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      ],
      "word": "maker"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maakster"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "schepper m schepster"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maestra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esperto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esperta"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "costruttore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "costruttrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "máster",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́стер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "masteríca",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мастери́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "stroítelʹ",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "строи́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "stroítelʹnica",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "строи́тельница"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "sozdátelʹ",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "созда́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "sozdátelʹnica",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "созда́тельница"
    },
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mastru"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "tvorécʹ",
      "sense": "(obsolete) builder or maker of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "творе́ць"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "form": "wrights",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrought",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wrighten",
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        "participle",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Misspelling of write."
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        "(dated) Misspelling of write."
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      "ipa": "/ɹaɪt/"
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      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    },
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      "homophone": "right"
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      "homophone": "rite"
    },
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      "homophone": "write"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Wright"
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}

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