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Definition: Sprite |
SpriteNoun1. Small, human in form, playful, having magical powers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sprite" was first used: sometime around 1303. (references) |
Etymology: Sprite \Sprite\, noun. [from Old English expression sprit, French esprit, from the Latin expression spiritus. See Spirit, and compare to Sprightly.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Sprite |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Alternate spelling: Spright
A sprite is a type of fairy. Derived from the same word as spirit (spiritus), it acquired the primary sense of a disembodied spirit, hence, a supernatural being.
A sprite is an atmospheric electrical discharge associated with lightning.
In video game terms, a sprite is a 2 dimensional figure that represents some object in a game. For instance, sprites may be used to represent aircraft, missiles, or even people. On the Atari line of home computers, sprites were known as player-missile graphics.
On some systems, such as the Amiga and the Commodore 64, a sprite was a specific hardware implemented concept - a small image stored separately in RAM superimposed on the regular screen as part of the DAC process, allowing for much easier (faster) and more robust animation (sprite movements were by nature atomical with regards to screen refresh). Some modern graphics adapters use a hardware sprite to draw the mouse cursor.
See also BOB ("blitter object").
Nowadays, most games use polygons instead of sprites, which enables them to model better 3D effects and realistic movement. However, sprites are still widely-used in handheld systems and by amateur game makers. Modern 3D graphics programmers sometimes use the term "sprite" to refer specifically to a flat object with an animated texture.
see also sprite comic Sprite is the brandname of a lemon-lime flavored soft drink produced by the Coca-Cola Corporation in the US and UK. Its chief competitor is the soft drink 7-Up. Ingredients: Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sucrose, natural flavors, citric acid, sodium citrate, and sodium benzoate. The Middle English word for spirit. Today, it is considered archaic to use the word in this context.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sprite."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SPRITE | English | Interactive Silicon Compilation for High-Performance Integrated Systems | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SpriteSynonyms: faerie (n), faery (n), fairy (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Demon | Vampire, ghoul; afreet, barghest, Loki; ogre, ogress; gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev, lamia; bogie, bogeyman, bogle; nis, kobold, flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin; Puck, Robin Goodfellow; leprechaun, Cluricaune, troll, dwerger, sprite, ouphe, bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon, will-o'-the wisp. |
Jupiter | Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas; water nymph, wood nymph; Yama, Varuna, Zeus; Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha; Isis, Osiris, Ra; Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth; Thor, Odin; Mumbo Jumbo; good genius, tutelary genius; demiurge, familiar; sibyl; fairy, fay; sylph, sylphid; Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd; Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite; denizens of the air; pixy; (bad spirit). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sprite |
| English words defined with "sprite": Puck ♦ Robin Goodfellow. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sprite": Animula ♦ Goodfellow. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sprite": Sprightful. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sprite" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (spirits). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Fable of the Speedy Sprite (1917) Lake Sprite (1991) | |
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| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Down thro' the air each tiny sprite floats in a robe of filmy white. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Drug's in my veins again" by Gilbert Tremblay Commentary: "A pict of an analgesic dropped into a bottle of sprite to give an effervescent feel to it. I'm very glad with the result. ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was this sprite which had just passed before his eyes |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Coca Cola ($500 million) -- Coca Cola, Fanta, Sprite and other products are already produced in 16 areas in China. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Sprite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.05% of the time. "Sprite" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 71.05% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (proper) | 28.95% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 38 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sprite": mountain sprite ♦ water sprite. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "sprite": coloured-sprite, water-sprite, wood-sprite. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sprite | 718 | sprite tour | 24 |
sprite liquid mix tour | 170 | maker sprite | 24 |
sheet sprite | 121 | bugeye sprite | 23 |
remix sprite | 112 | liquid sprite tour | 21 |
austin healey sprite | 48 | comic sonic sprite | 21 |
sea sprite | 43 | ice sprite | 20 |
2003 liquid mix sprite tour | 36 | drink sprite | 20 |
austin healy sprite | 35 | editor sprite | 18 |
boat sea sprite | 33 | hq sprite | 16 |
comic sprite | 33 | game sprite | 15 |
commercial sprite | 32 | logo sprite | 15 |
archive game sprite | 30 | remix sprite tour | 14 |
man mega sheet sprite | 30 | airline sprite | 14 |
com sprite | 28 | legend picture sprite zelda | 14 |
sheet sonic sprite | 27 | man mega sprite | 14 |
radio sprite | 26 | sprite viewer | 14 |
edits sprite | 25 | background sprite | 13 |
rip sprite | 25 | remix sprite tropical | 13 |
liquid mix sprite | 25 | water sprite | 12 |
soda sprite | 25 | dragonball sheet sprite z | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "sprite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | جني صغير (elf), شبح (apparition, bogey, evil spirit, ghost, gremlin, idol, phantom, shade, shadow, shape, spectre, spectrum, spirit, spook, wraith). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | фея (elf, fairy), зъл дух (demon, hob, hobgoblin, incubus). (various references) | |
Chinese | 魎 (fairy), 魍 (elf). (various references) | |
Czech | skřítek (elf, elves, gnome, Goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, imp, manikin, pixie, pixy, pygmy), víla (fairy, nymph). (various references) | |
Farsi | جن (Bogey, Deuce, Elf, Goblin, Spook, Urchin), الهام (Apocalypse, Infusion, Inspiration, Prescience, Revelation, Vision), روح (Esprit, Ghost, Numen, Phantom, Psyche, Specter, Spirit, Spook, Umber, Umbra, Wraith, Zinc, Zing), شبح (Ghost, Phantom, Spectrum, Spook, Umber, Umbra, Wraith). (various references) | |
Finnish | vuorenpeikko (mountain sprite), menninkäinen (earth sprite, gnome). (various references) | |
French | lutin, farfadet. (various references) | |
German | Kobold (bogey, elf, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, imp, leprechaun, pixie, pixy, puck), Elfe (elf, elfin, fairy, pixie). (various references) | |
Greek | στοιχείο (bogey, bogy, bugbear, cell, data, element, genie, ghost, principle, rudiment), ξωτικό (elf, hob, hobgoblin, pixy, puck), φάντασμα (apparition, bogey, bogy, genie, ghost, gnome, hobgoblin, phantasm, phantom, pixy, specter, spook, wraith). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שדון (elf, gnome, imp, leprechaun). (various references) | |
Hungarian | manó (boggle, bogy, brownie, elf, elfin, elves, flibbertigibbet, gnome, Goblin, hobgoblin, imp, leprechaun, pigmy, pixie, pixy, pygmy, troll), tündér (elf, Faerie, fairy, Fay, genie, pixie, pixy, sylph, urchin). (various references) | |
Italian | folletto (bogy, elf, elfin, Goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, imp, pixie, pixy), elfo (elf, elfin). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 妖精 (elf, fairy). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ようせい (application, claim, demand, development, elf, fairy, larva, larvae, positivity, premature death, request, training). (various references) | |
Manx | trollag (dwarf, elf, gnome, pixie, puck, troll), glashtin (goblin, hulking boy), faaish (apparition). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itespray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | trasgo (goblin, hobgoblin), fada (fay, peri, pixie, pixy, spirit), espírito (esprit, genie, ghost, go, jinnee, mind, nous, poltergeist, psyche, python, soul, spirit, tone, wit), elfo (elf), duende (bogle, elf, elfin, hob, hobgoblin, imp, leprechaun, pixie, pixy, spirit). (various references) | |
Romanian | spirit (apparition, crack, essence, genius, ghost, intellect, mind, quirk, score, shade, shadow, soul, spectre, spirit, spirituousness, vision, wit), spiriduş (brownie, elf, elfin, elves, familiar, Goblin, hobgoblin, spook), gnom (elf, fairy, gnome, hobgoblin), elf (elf, fairy, Goblin, spirit). (various references) | |
Russian | эльф (elf, fairy, leprechaun, pixy, puck), фея (fairy, pixy), призрак;спрайт. (various references) | |
Scottish | luspardan (a pigmy sprite). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vilenjak (troll), duh (ghost, jinnee, soul, spirit, wraith), čarobnjak (enchanter, mage, magician, sorcerer, warlock, wizard). (various references) | |
Spanish | duende (brownie, daemon, duende, elf, goblin, hob, hobgoblin, leprechaun, poltergeist, puck). (various references) | |
Swedish | tomte (brownie, puck), fe (fairy, Fay, Peri). (various references) | |
Turkish | peri (elf, Faerie, faery, fairy, Fay, genie, Peri, pixie, pixy, spirit), hayalet (apparition, ghost, phantasm, phantom, shade, shades, shadow, specter, spectre, spirit, spook, wraith), cin (clever person, demon, elf, Geneva, genie, gin, gnome, Goblin, gremlin, hob, hobgoblin, Hollands, jinnee, puck, white satin), şakacı cin. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | фея (elfin, fairy, pixie, pixy), ельф (pixie, pixy), домовик (bogy, hobgoblin, urchin). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | yêu tinh (elfin, goblin, ogre, poltergeist, pooka), ma quỷ (bogey, bogle, bogy, daemon, demon, fiend). (various references) | |
Welsh | coblyn (goblin, imp). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | esprit. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 10, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ou gar umeiV este oi lalounteV alla to pneuma tou patroV umwn to laloun en umin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non enim vos estis qui loquimini sed Spiritus Patris vestri qui loquitur in vobis |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ne synde ge na þe þær sprecað. aceowres fæder gast þe sprecð on eow. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For it ben not ye that speken, but the spirit of youre fadir, that spekith in you. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For it is not ye that speke but ye sprite of your father which speaketh in you. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 10, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | kay dili man kamo mao ang magasulti, kondili ang Espiritu sa inyong Amahan mao ang magasulti pinaagi kaninyo. |
| Croatian | Ta ne govorite to vi, nego Duh Oca vašega govori u vama!" |
| Danish | Thi I ere ikke de, som tale; men det er eders Faders Ånd, som taler i eder. |
| Dutch | Want gij zijt het niet, die spreekt, maar het is de Geest uws Vaders, Die in u spreekt. |
| Finnish | Sillä ette te itse puhu, vaan teidän Isänne Henki puhuu teissä. |
| French | car ce n`est pas vous qui parlerez, c`est l`Esprit de votre Père qui parlera en vous. |
| German | Denn ihr seid es nicht, die da reden, sondern eures Vaters Geist ist es, der durch euch redet. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Karena yang berbicara pada waktu itu bukanlah kalian, melainkan Roh Bapa yang di surga, melalui kalian. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena bukannya kamu sendiri yang berkata-kata, melainkan Roh Bapamu yang berkata di dalam dirimu. |
| Italian | non siete infatti voi a parlare, ma è lo Spirito del Padre vostro che parla in voi. |
| Latvian | Ne jûs esat tie, kas runâ, bet jûsu Tçva gars, kas runâ jûsos. |
| Manx Gaelic | Son cha nee shiuish ta loayrt, agh spyrryd yn Ayr eu ta loayrt ayndiu. |
| Maori | Ehara hoki i a koutou nga korero, engari ko te Wairua o to koutou Matua te korero ana i roto i a koutou. |
| Norwegian | For det er ikke I som taler, men det er eders Faders Ånd som taler i eder. |
| Rumanian | fiindcq nu voi veyi vorbi, ci Duhul Tatqlui vostru va vorbi kn voi. |
| Russian | ЙВП ОЕ ЧЩ ВХДЕФЕ ЗПЧПТЙФШ, ОП дХИ пФГБ ЧБЫЕЗП ВХДЕФ ЗПЧПТЙФШ Ч ЧБУ. |
| Shuar | Nuinkia átum Enentáimmiajai chichaschattarme antsu Atumí Apari Yusa Wakaní atumin chichamtikramsattarme.' |
| Spanish | Pues no sois vosotros los que hablaréis, sino el Espíritu de vuestro Padre que hablará en vosotros. |
| Swahili | Maana si ninyi mtakaosema, bali ni Roho wa Baba yenu asemaye ndani yenu. |
| Swedish | Det är icke I som skolen tala, utan det är eder Faders Ande som skall tala i eder. |
| Uma | Jadi', napa to ni'uli' nto'u toe, bela ngkai pekiri-ni moto. Lolita-ni tetu mpai' mehuwu ngkai Inoha' Tomoroli' to nawai' -kokoi Tuama-ni to hi rala suruga. Hi'a-mi mpai' to mponotohi-koi napa to ni'uli' nto'u-ni mololita. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sprite": sprites. (additional references) | |
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"Sprite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: esprite, prite, sapristi, serite, Shriteh, sorite, spiret, spirte, spita, splite, sprade, sprate, spret, sprete, sprich, spricht, sprida, spriet, sprige, Sprinta, spritz, spruta, sprute, S'right, srite, strite, uprite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sprite" (pronounced sprī"t) |
| 4 | -p r ī" t | upright. |
| 3 | -r ī" t | alright, bright, contrite, forthright, fright, outright, overwrite, rewrite, right, rite, trite, Wright, write. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: esprit, priest, ripest, stripe, tripes. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: peris, piers, piste, prest, pries, prise, ripes, rites, speir, spier, spire, spirt, spite, sprit, stipe, stirp, strep, strip, tiers, tires, tries, tripe, trips. | |
-2 letters: erst, ires, peri, pert, pest, pets, pier, pies, pits, reis, reps, rest, rets, ripe, rips, rise, rite, sept, sipe, sire, site, spit, step, stir, tier, ties, tips, tire. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: esprits, hipster, imprest, parties, pastier, permits, persist, pestier, piaster, piastre, pirates, pitiers, presift, priests, privets, prostie, pterins, pyrites, reposit, respite, resplit, riposte, ropiest, spirted, spitter, spriest, sprites, stirpes, striped, striper, stripes, tippers, tipsier, tipster, traipse, triceps, triples. | |
+2 letters: asperity, aspirate, crepiest, crispate, crispest, cuprites, diopters, dioptres, disputer, emptiers, epistler, firepots, grapiest, gripiest, hipsters, imposter, imprests, imputers, overtips, painters, pantries, parasite, paretics, parietes, parities, partiers, pastries, peltries, periapts, peridots, perkiest, perlites, persists, pertains, philters, philtres, piasters, piastres, picrates, picrites, pictures, piecrust, pieforts, pierrots, pilaster, pinaster, pitchers, plaister, plaiters, poetiser, poetries, pointers, poitrels, porkiest, porniest, postfire, practise, predicts, preedits, preexist, presifts, presplit, prestige, pretrims, pretties, priciest, prickets, priested, priestly, primates, primmest, printers, pristane, pristine, privates, priviest, prosiest, prosties, proteids, proteins, purities, pursiest, puttiers, quipster, rapidest, raspiest, receipts, repaints, reposits, reprints, reptiles, rescript, respited, respites, resplits, riposted, ripostes, ripplets, riptides, roupiest, scripted, scripter, septaria, sorptive, spinster, spiriest, spirited, spitfire, spitters, splinter, splitter, sportier, sportive, spottier, sprinted, sprinter, spritzed, spritzer, spritzes, stippler, stripers, stripier, stripped, stripper, stumpier, stupider, superhit, tiderips, tipplers, tipsters, topsider, traipsed, traipses, triphase, triplets, triposes, trippers, trippets, trophies, tropines, unripest, wiretaps, writeups, yperites. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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