Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brights

/bɹaɪts/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables: brights
IPA: /bɹaɪts/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.

noun

Household utensils (such as cutlery, ornaments, and plate) made of shiny metal.

Colloquial; Dated

noun

Synonym of high-beams.

American usage

noun

plural of bright

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bright

British usage

Example Sentences

"Your brights are on."
"Drop your brights as soon as approaching lights appear."
"You can turn your brights on and that helps quite a bit, but you can not leave them on. So you end up driving beyond your headlights more than half the time."
"The moment I flashed my brights this animal started to run across the road."

Etymology

From bright (adjective) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bright

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bɹaɪts/
British English: /bɹaɪts/

Usage

Colloquial
Dated
American usage
British usage

Synonyms

high-beams

Rhymes With

rights by rights life rights sites lights nights writes flights fights heights whites knights

Questions

How do you pronounce brights?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɹaɪts/.
What does brights mean?: Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.
Where does brights come from?: From bright (adjective) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).

How to pronounce brights

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