rite
/ɹaɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "It was the capable manager's long-established custom to escort Mrs Pridger to a theatre once a week, and Saturday evening had come to be the occasion of this rite."
- "But he had to perform the rites of hospitality, had to behave politely to his ally."
- "He's rite, you know."
- "It's rite next to my house."
- "1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure One of our cats has a bald spot on his hind & it looks like it was shaved rite off."
- "Rite, let's do it."
Etymology
Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin ritus.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂er-, -, ritus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹaɪt/
- British English: /ɹaɪt/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.