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) (archaic except in compounds and in Scotland, dated) A builder or maker of something. ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== wright (third-person singular simple present wrights, present participle wrought, simple past and past participle wrighten) (dated) Misspelling of write.