sprite
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- spright (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
sprite (plural sprites)
- (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.
- 1803, William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
- An apparition; ghost
- (mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
- (computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
- An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
- (entomology) Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).
- A spayed female ferret.
- (obsolete) Alternative form of spright (“frame of mind, disposition”)
Synonyms[edit]
- (supernatural creature): See goblin (hostile)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Japanese: スプライト (supuraito)
Translations[edit]
a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
an elf; a fairy; a goblin
the green woodpecker, or yaffle — see green woodpecker
a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene
electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm
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Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈsprite/, [ˈs̠prit̪e̞]
- IPA(key): /ˈsprɑi̯tːi/, [ˈs̠prɑi̯t̪ːi] (approximating English pronunciation; inflects like risti)
- Rhymes: -ite
- Syllabification: spri‧te
Noun[edit]
sprite
Declension[edit]
Inflection of sprite (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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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) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | spriteni | spritemme |
2nd person | spritesi | spritenne |
3rd person | spritensä |
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