sprite

English

Alternative forms

• spright (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English sprite, spryt, spreyte, from Old French esprit (“spirit”), from Latin spiritus. Doublet of spirit.

(computer graphics): First used by Danny Hillis at Texas Instruments in the late 1970s.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sprīt, IPA^(key): /spɹaɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

sprite (plural sprites)

1. (mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade
   • 1803, William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

     He who torments the chafer's sprite

     Weaves a bower in endless night.

2. An apparition; ghost
3. (mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
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.
6. The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
7. (entomology) Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).
8. A spayed female ferret.
9. (obsolete) Alternative form of spright (“frame of mind, disposition”)

Synonyms

• (supernatural creature): See goblin (hostile)

Related terms

• sprightly

Descendants

• → Japanese: スプライト (supuraito)

Translations

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

• Finnish: henki (fi)
• German: Geist (de) m, Erscheinung (de) f, Seele (de) f
• Greek: πνεύμα (el) n (pnévma), δαιμονικό (el) n (daimonikó)

• Irish: sprid (ga) f
• Russian: дух (ru) m (dux), душа́ (ru) f (dušá) (soul), при́зрак (ru) m (prízrak) (ghost), привиде́ние (ru) n (prividénije) (apparition)

an elf; a fairy; a goblin

• Catalan: follet (ca) m
• Finnish: keiju (fi), haltija (fi)
• German: Kobold (de) m, Elf (de) m, Elfe (de) m or f, Elfin f
• Maori: rangipokohu

• Old English: ielf m
• Russian: эльф (ru) m (elʹf) (elf), фе́я (ru) f (féja) (fairy), го́блин (ru) m (góblin) (goblin), домово́й (ru) m (domovój) (Slavic mythology), ле́ший (ru) (léšij) (Slavic mythology), спрайт (ru) m (sprajt)
• Scottish Gaelic: luspardan m
• Swahili: kizimwi

the green woodpecker, or yaffle — see green woodpecker

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

• Finnish: sprite (fi)
• German: Sprite (de) m
• Japanese: スプライト (supuraito)

• Russian: спрайт (ru) m (sprajt)
• Swedish: sprite (sv) c

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

• Finnish: keijusalama
• German: Kobold (de) m

• Russian: спрайт (ru) m (sprajt)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} duendecillo m

Anagrams

• Pitres, Presti, Priest, esprit, priest, re-tips, respit, retips, ripest, sitrep, stripe, tripes

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Finnish

Etymology

From English sprite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprite/, [ˈs̠prit̪e̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsprɑi̯tːi/, [ˈs̠prɑi̯t̪ːi] (approximating English pronunciation; inflects like risti)
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: spri‧te

Noun

sprite

1. (computer graphics) sprite

Declension

Inflection of sprite (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		sprite	spritet
genitive		spriten	spritejen
partitive		spriteä	spritejä
illative		spriteen	spriteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sprite	spritet
accusative	nom.	sprite	spritet
	gen.	spriten
genitive		spriten	spritejen spriteinrare
partitive		spriteä	spritejä
inessive		spritessä	spriteissä
elative		spritestä	spriteistä
illative		spriteen	spriteihin
adessive		spritellä	spriteillä
ablative		spriteltä	spriteiltä
allative		spritelle	spriteille
essive		spritenä	spriteinä
translative		spriteksi	spriteiksi
instructive		—	spritein
abessive		spritettä	spriteittä
comitative		—	spriteineen

Possessive forms of sprite (type nalle)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	spriteni	spritemme
2nd person	spritesi	spritenne
3rd person	spritensä

Anagrams

• ripset