sprite
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sprite¹
- /spɹaɪt/
Rhymes with -aɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English sprite, spryt, spreyte, from Old French esprit (“spirit”), from Latin spīritus. Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spirytus, spright, and esprit.
(computer graphics): First used by Danny Hillis at Texas Instruments in the late 1970s.
(meteorology): An acronym for Stratospheric Perturbations Resulting from Intense Thunderstorm Electrification.
noun sprites · spright
- A spirit; a soul; a shade. He who torments the chafer's sprite Weaves a bower in endless night.
- An apparition; a ghost.
- An elf, fairy, or goblin; one with a small humanlike physical body.
- A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
- A large electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm, which appears as a luminous red or orange flash.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
- Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).
- A spayed female ferret.
- Alternative form of spright (“frame of mind, disposition”).
Similar: goblin
verb sprites · spriting · sprited · spright
- To draw a (specifically) pixel art sprite. sprited the new NPCs
Sprite²
- /spɹaɪt/
Rhymes with -aɪt
Where it comes from
In the early 1940s, Coca-Cola started running an advertising campaign featuring an elf-like figure called “Sprite Boy” (see sprite (“elf”)). The name originated from the previous Coca-Cola campaign, but it was a focus group that ultimately chose the name “Sprite”.
proper noun Sprites
- A colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: faery, faerie, fairy, pixie, elf, pixy, fay, tricksy, peri, drink, drinking, boire, shade, shadow, spirit, entity
noun
Similar: goblin
Translations
Every language
noun a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
| Deutsch | Geist, Erscheinung, Seele |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | πνεύμα pnévma, δαιμονικό daimonikó |
| Русский | дух dux, душа́ dušá, при́зрак prízrak, привиде́ние prividénije |
noun an elf; a fairy; a goblin
| Español | duendecillo |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | kizimwi |
| Deutsch | Kobold, Elf, Elfe, Elfin |
| Русский | эльф elʹf, фе́я féja, го́блин góblin, домово́й domovój, ле́ший léšij, спрайт sprajt |
noun a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene
| 日本語 | スプライト supuraito |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 精靈圖 /精灵图 jīnglíngtú, 精靈 /精灵 jīnglíng, 拼合圖 /拼合图 pīnhétú, 雪碧圖 /雪碧图 xuěbìtú |
| Deutsch | Sprite |
| Русский | спрайт sprajt |
noun electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm
| 中文 | 紅色精靈 /红色精灵 hóngsè jīnglíng |
|---|---|
| Français | farfadet |
| Deutsch | Sprite, Kobold |
| Русский | спрайт sprajt |
name colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
| 한국어 | 스프라이트 Seupeuraiteu |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | スプライト Supuraito |
| 中文 | 雪碧 xuěbì |
| हिन्दी | स्प्राइट sprāiṭ |
| Ελληνικά | Σπραιτ Sprait |
| Русский | Спрайт Sprajt |
| العربية | سْبْرَايْت sbrāyt |
| עברית | סְפְּרַיִּיט sprayt |
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title = {sprite},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sprite},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
