wright
/ɹaɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A British surname originating as an occupation from a maker of machinery; found in many combinations such as Cartwright.
Countable; Uncountable
name
An American surname from French; also a confused anglicization of the French le droit.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In addition to the report, which the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency are using as evidence to weaken pollution rules, the administration has removed all congressionally mandated climate assessments from federal websites. Energy Sec. Chris Wright said the administration is changing those previously published assessments before they put them back on the web, CNN reported."
Etymology
From Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker, maker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō (as in *wurkijan). Related to wrought and work. Cognate with Dutch wrecht (“worker, builder, wright”, archaic).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *werǵ-, wrighte, wyrhta, *wurhtijō
Usage
Inflected Forms
wrights (plural)
wrights (present, singular)
wrought (participle, present)
wrighten (participle, past)
wrighten (past)