wright - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
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.
wright (plural wrights)
- 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
(obsolete) builder or maker of something
- Dutch: wrecht m, maker (nl) m, maakster (nl) f, schepper (nl) m schepster f
- Italian: maestro (it) m, maestra (it) f, esperto (it) m, esperta (it) f, costruttore (it) m, costruttrice (it) f
- Russian: ма́стер (ru) m (máster), мастери́ца (ru) f (masteríca), строи́тель (ru) m (stroítelʹ), строи́тельница (ru) f (stroítelʹnica), созда́тель (ru) m (sozdátelʹ), созда́тельница (ru) f (sozdátelʹnica)
- Sicilian: mastru (scn) m
- Ukrainian: творе́ць (uk) m (tvorécʹ)
wright (third-person singular simple present wrights, present participle wrighting, simple past and past participle wrighted)