sprite

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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 sprite on Wikipedia

sprite (plural sprites)

  1. (mythology) Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:
    1. 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; a ghost.
    3. An elf, fairy, or goblin; one with a small humanlike physical body.
  2. (computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
  3. (meteorology) A large electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm, which appears as a luminous red or orange flash.
  4. The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
  5. (entomology) Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).
  6. A spayed female ferret.
  7. (obsolete) Alternative form of spright (frame of mind, disposition)

Synonyms

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  • (supernatural creature): See goblin (hostile)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: スプライト (supuraito)
  • Russian: спрайт (sprajt)

Translations

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Verb

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sprite (third-person singular simple present sprites, present participle spriting, simple past and past participle sprited)

  1. (art, informal) To draw a (specifically) pixel art sprite.
    sprited the new NPCs

Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English sprite.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sprite

  1. (computer graphics) sprite

Declension

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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
spritein rare
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
abessive spritettä spriteittä
instructive spritein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sprite (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative spriteni spriteni
accusative nom. spriteni spriteni
gen. spriteni
genitive spriteni spritejeni
spriteini rare
partitive spriteäni spritejäni
inessive spritessäni spriteissäni
elative spritestäni spriteistäni
illative spriteeni spriteihini
adessive spritelläni spriteilläni
ablative spriteltäni spriteiltäni
allative spritelleni spriteilleni
essive spritenäni spriteinäni
translative spritekseni spriteikseni
abessive spritettäni spriteittäni
instructive
comitative spriteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative spritesi spritesi
accusative nom. spritesi spritesi
gen. spritesi
genitive spritesi spritejesi
spriteisi rare
partitive spriteäsi spritejäsi
inessive spritessäsi spriteissäsi
elative spritestäsi spriteistäsi
illative spriteesi spriteihisi
adessive spritelläsi spriteilläsi
ablative spriteltäsi spriteiltäsi
allative spritellesi spriteillesi
essive spritenäsi spriteinäsi
translative spriteksesi spriteiksesi
abessive spritettäsi spriteittäsi
instructive
comitative spriteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative spritemme spritemme
accusative nom. spritemme spritemme
gen. spritemme
genitive spritemme spritejemme
spriteimme rare
partitive spriteämme spritejämme
inessive spritessämme spriteissämme
elative spritestämme spriteistämme
illative spriteemme spriteihimme
adessive spritellämme spriteillämme
ablative spriteltämme spriteiltämme
allative spritellemme spriteillemme
essive spritenämme spriteinämme
translative spriteksemme spriteiksemme
abessive spritettämme spriteittämme
instructive
comitative spriteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative spritenne spritenne
accusative nom. spritenne spritenne
gen. spritenne
genitive spritenne spritejenne
spriteinne rare
partitive spriteänne spritejänne
inessive spritessänne spriteissänne
elative spritestänne spriteistänne
illative spriteenne spriteihinne
adessive spritellänne spriteillänne
ablative spriteltänne spriteiltänne
allative spritellenne spriteillenne
essive spritenänne spriteinänne
translative spriteksenne spriteiksenne
abessive spritettänne spriteittänne
instructive
comitative spriteinenne

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