sprite

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: sprīt, IPA: /spraɪt/, X-SAMPA: /spraIt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Etymology

From Old French esprit (spirit).

Noun

Wikipedia sprite (plural sprites)

1. (mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.
2. (mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
3. The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
4. (computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
5. An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.[1]

Translations

A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition

• Finnish: henki (fi)

An elf; a fairy; a goblin

• Catalan: follet (ca) m
• Finnish: keiju (fi), haltija (fi)
• German: Kobold (de) m

• Russian: эльф (ru) (elʹf) m
• Scottish Gaelic: luspardan (gd) m
• Swahili: kizimwi (sw)

The green woodpecker, or yaffle

• German: Grünspecht (de) m

A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene

• Finnish: sprite (fi)
• German: Sprite (de) m

• Swedish: sprite (sv) c

Electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm

• Finnish: keijusalama

• German: Kobold (de) m

to be checked

• Spanish: duendecillo m

Anagrams

• esprit
• priest
• ripest
• sitrep
• stripe