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Science Fair Project Dictionary
Right
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English right (the "right" hand, direction) < Old English riht (the "proper" hand) < Proto-Germanic *rekhtaz < Proto-Indo-European base *reg- (to move in a straight line, to rule, lead straight, put right).
Etymology 2
From Middle English right (morally correct) < Old English riht (just, just claim, good, fair, proper, straight) < Proto-Germanic *rekhtaz < Proto-Indo-European base *reg- (to move in a straight line, to rule, lead straight, put right).
Etymology 3
From Middle English right (to straighten, to set upright, to correct) < Old English rihtan (to straighten, judge, set upright, set right) < Old English riht (just, just claim, good, fair, proper, straight) < Proto-Germanic *rekhtaz < Proto-Indo-European base *reg- (to move in a straight line, to rule, lead straight, put right).
Pronunciation
Adjective
right
- Arbitrary convention to call one direction, one side, as opposed to left. This arrow points to the right: →
- straight
- correct, just
- perpendicular, forming a 90-degree angle
- (Politics) conservative
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
a direction
- Arabic: يَمِين (yamín)
- Bulgarian: десен / дясна / дясно (desen/djasna/djasno) m/f/n
- Czech: pravý / pravá / pravé m/f/n
- Danish: højre
- Dutch: rechts, rechtse
- Esperanto: dekstra
- Estonian: parem
- Finnish: oikea, oikeanpuoleinen
- French: droit m, droite f
- German: rechts
- Greek: δεξιός (dexiós)
- Guaraní: akatúvape
- Hebrew: ימין (yemín)
- Hungarian: jobb
- Ido: dextra
- Indonesian: kanan
- Interlingua: dextere , dextre
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- Italian: destro
- Japanese: 右 (みぎ , migí)
- Korean: 오른쪽의 (oreunjjogui)
- Lakota: isloyatan
- Ojibwe: gichinik
- Portuguese: direito m, direita f
- Polish: prawy / prawa / prawe m/f/n
- Romanian: dreapta
- Romanica: dextero m, dextera f, dextro m, dextra f
- Russian: правый / правая / правое (právyj/právaja/právoje) m/f/n
- Spanish: derecho m, derecha f
- Swedish: höger
- Thai: ขวา (khwáá)
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straight
- Bulgarian: прав (prav)
- Dutch: recht
- Esperanto: rekta
- Estonian: otse
- Finnish: suora
- French: droit
- German: gerade
- Hungarian: egyenes
- Indonesian: lurus
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- Italian: diritto
- Japanese: まっすぐ (massúgu)
- Ojibwe: gwayak
- Portuguese: direito , reto
- Russian: прямой (prjamój)
- Spanish: derecho, recto , justo
- Swedish: rakt
- Thai: ดิ่ว (diù), ตรง (dtrohng)
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correct
- Bulgarian: верен (veren), правилен (pravilen)
- Czech: správný
- Danish: rigtig , korrekt
- Dutch: correct, juist , rechtschapen , rechtvaardig , eerlijk , billijk
- Esperanto: korekta, ĝusta
- Estonian: õige
- Finnish: oikea, oikeellinen
- French: correct, juste , bon
- German: richtig
- Hungarian: helyes
- Ido: korekta
- Indonesian: benar , betul
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- Interlingua: correcte , juste
- Italian: corretto
- Japanese: 正しい (ただしい , tadashíi)
- Latin: rectus m, recta f, rectum n
- Ojibwe: gwayak
- Polish: poprawny , prawidłowy
- Portuguese: correto , justo
- Romanian: drept
- Romanica: correcto , justo
- Russian: правильный (právil'nyj)
- Spanish: correcto , justo
- Swedish: rätt , riktig
- Thai: ถูก (thùùk), ใช่ (chài)
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perpendicular
- Bulgarian: перпендикулярен (perpendikuljaren), прав (prav)
- Finnish: suora , suorakulmainen
- German: rechtwinklig
- Japanese: 垂直 (すいちょく , suichokú), 直 (ちょく , chokú)
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- Ojibwe: gwayak
- Portuguese: perpendicular, reto
- Romanian: drept
- Russian: перпендикулярный (perpendikuljárnyj), прямой (prjamój)
- Spanish: perpendicular, recto
- Swedish: rät , rätvinklig , vinkelrät
- Thai: มุมฉาก (moom chààk)
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conservative
- Bulgarian: десничарски (desničarski)
- Danish: konservativ
- Finnish: oikea, oikeistolainen
- Hebrew: של האגף הימני (shel ha-agaf ha-yemani)
- Hungarian: jobboldal
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- Japanese: 右翼 (うよく , uyokú)
- Portuguese: de direita
- Russian: правый (právyj)
- Spanish: de la derecha
- Swedish: höger-
- Thai: ฝ่ายขวา (fàày khwáá)
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- Dutch: rechts (1), rechtse (1), recht (2), correct (3), juist (3), rechtschapen (3), rechtvaardig (3), eerlijk (3), billijk (3)
- Interlingua: dextere , dextre (1); recte (2); correcte , juste (3)
- Portuguese: direito m (1), direita f (1); reto m (2), reta f (2), correto m(3), correta f (3), justo m (3), justa f (3)
- Romanian: dreapta (1), drept m (2,3,4)
- Romanica: dextero m, dextera f, dextro m, dextra f (1); recto m, recta f (2); correcto , m correcta f, justo m, justa f (3)
- Spanish: derecho (1,5), recto (2), correcto (3), justo (2,3)
Related terms
Noun
right (plural: rights)
- Something one is legally entitled to
- The right side
- (Politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
Translations
something one is legally entitled to
- Bulgarian: право (pravo) n, права (prava) pl.
- Dutch: recht n
- Esperanto: rajto
- Finnish: oikeisto
- French: droit m
- German: Recht n
- Hungarian: jog
- Ido: yuro
- Indonesian: hak
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- Interlingua: derecto
- Japanese: 権利 (けんり , kénri)
- Portuguese: direito m
- Romanian: dreaptă f
- Romanica: derecto m
- Russian: право (právo) n, права (pravá) pl.
- Spanish: derecho m
- Swedish: rätt c, rättighet c
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The right side (i.e., not the left side)
- Bulgarian: дясно (djasno)
- Dutch: rechterkant m
- Esperanto: dekstra
- Finnish: oikea (puoli )
- French: droite f
- German: Rechte f
- Hungarian: jobb oldal
- Ido: dextro
- Indonesian: sayap kanan
- Interlingua: dextera , dextra
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- Japanese: 右 (みぎ , migí)
- Lakota: isloyatan
- Ojibwe: gichinik
- Portuguese: direita f
- Romanian: dreapta f
- Romanica: dextera f, dextra f
- Russian: правый (právyj)
- Spanish: derecha f
- Swedish: höger
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The right-wing politicians and parties
- Bulgarian: десен (desen)
- Dutch: rechterkant m
- Esperanto: dekstra
- Finnish: oikeisto
- French: droite f
- German: Rechte f
- Hungarian: jobboldal
- Ido: dextra
- Indonesian: sayap kanan
- Interlingua: dextera , dextra
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- Japanese: 右翼 (うよく , uyokú)
- Portuguese: direita f
- Romanian: dreapta f
- Romanica: dextera f, dextra f
- Russian: правый (právyj)
- Spanish: derecha f
- Swedish: högern
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Related terms
Verb
to right
- to correct
- to set upright, eg, to right an overturned automobile
Translations
correct
- Bulgarian: коригирам (korigiram)
- Dutch: verbeteren
- Finnish: korjata , oikeellistaa
- French: corriger
- German: berichtigen , richtigstellen , korrigieren
- Italian: correggere
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- Japanese: 訂正する (ていせいする , teiséi surú)
- Portuguese: corrigir
- Russian: исправлять / исправить (ispravlját'/isprávit')
- Spanish: corregir
- Swedish: rätta , korrigera (minor corrections)
- Thai: แก้ (gààe), ตำหนิเพื่อแก้ไข (dtahm nì pheùùa gààe khái)
- Welsh: reit
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to set upright
- Bulgarian: изправям (izpravjam)
- Finnish: suoristaa , kääntää oikein päin
- Ojibwe: gwekibagizo
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- Russian: выпрямлять / выпрямить (vyprjamlját'/výprjamit')
- Swedish: rätta , räta (something which is almost - but not quite - the right way)
- Thai: ซื่อ (seùù)
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Related terms
Expressions
- it's all right
- to the right
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