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Definition: Sprites |
SpritesNoun1. Atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sprites" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Synonym: SpritesSynonym: red sprites (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | These are just Skeletons but in the next level the game sprites have flesh on their bones! (ReBoot; writing credit: Christy Marx; Mark Leiren-Young) | |
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| "Sprites" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 92.11% of the time. "Sprites" 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 (plural) | 92.11% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.89% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 38 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "sprites": red sprites. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
man mega sprites | 294 | moon sailor sprites | 30 |
game sprites | 226 | animated sprites | 30 |
sonic sprites | 139 | dbz sprites | 29 |
sprites | 136 | custom sprites | 25 |
counter strike sprites | 134 | free sprites | 25 |
video game sprites | 125 | nes sprites | 24 |
inc sprites | 84 | fighter sprites street | 21 |
final fantasy sprites | 73 | metroid sprites | 21 |
cs sprites | 66 | maker rpg sprites | 21 |
sprites zelda | 66 | gundam sprites | 21 |
rpg sprites | 66 | man sprites x | 20 |
man mega sprites x | 56 | dragonball sprites z | 20 |
inuyasha sprites | 54 | kirby sprites | 19 |
mario sprites | 53 | sprites trigun | 19 |
anime sprites | 50 | animated man mega sprites | 18 |
hedgehog sonic sprites | 45 | game maker sprites | 17 |
chrono sprites trigger | 44 | custom man mega sprites | 16 |
snes sprites | 44 | battle man mega network sprites | 16 |
pokemon sprites | 32 | golden sprites sun | 15 |
nintendo sprites | 31 | man mega sprites zero | 15 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "sprites"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Kobolde (bogeys, elfs, goblins, hobgoblins, hobs), Elfen (elves, fairies). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | itesspray | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 3, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ta pneumata ta akaqarta otan auton eqewrei prosepipten autw kai ekrazen legonta oti su ei o uioV tou qeou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et spiritus inmundi cum illum videbant procidebant ei et clamabant dicentes |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & unclæne gastes hæfden. Ða hyo hynege-seagen hyo to-foran hym astrehten. þuscweðende clepeden. þu ert godes sune. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Whanne thei seyen hym, felden doun to hym, and crieden, seiynge, Thou art the sone of God. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And when the vnclene sprites sawe him they fell doune before him and cryed sayinge: thou arte the sonne of God. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 3, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Ug inigkakita kaniya sa mga mahugawng espiritu, sila mohapa sa iyang atubangan ug managsinggit nga magaingon, "Ikaw mao ang Anak sa Dios!" |
| Chinese | 污 鬼 無 論 何 時 看 見 他 、 就 俯 伏 在 他 面 前 、 喊 著 說 、 是 神 的 ' 子 。 |
| Croatian | A neèisti duhovi, èim bi ga spazili, padali bi preda nj i vikali: "Ti si Sin Božji!" |
| Danish | Og når de urene Ånder så ham, faldt de ned for ham og råbte og sagde: "Du er Guds Søn." |
| Dutch | En de onreine geesten, als zij Hem zagen, vielen voor Hem neder en riepen, zeggende: Gij zijt de Zone Gods! |
| Finnish | Ja kun saastaiset henget näkivät hänet, lankesivat he maahan hänen eteensä ja huusivat sanoen: "Sinä olet Jumalan Poika". |
| French | Les esprits impurs, quand ils le voyaient, se prosternaient devant lui, et s`écriaient: Tu es le Fils de Dieu. |
| Gaelic | `S nuair a chunnaic na spioraid neoghlan e, thuit iad sios air a bhialaobh: agus dheigh iad, ag radh: |
| German | Und wenn ihn die unsauberen Geister sahen, fielen sie vor ihm nieder, schrieen und sprachen: Du bist Gottes Sohn! |
| Haitian Creole | Chak fwa move lespri yo te wè l', yo te tonbe nan pye l' ap plede rele: -Ou se pitit Bondye a. |
| Hungarian | A tisztátalan lelkek is, mikor meglátták vala õt, leborulának elõtte, és kiáltának, mondván: Te vagy az Istennek a Fia. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dan orang-orang yang kemasukan roh jahat, setiap kali melihat Dia, terus saja sujud di hadapan-Nya dan berteriak, "Engkaulah Anak Allah!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka segala orang yang dirasuk setan itu pun, apabila dilihatnya akan Yesus, mereka itu meniarap ke hadapan-Nya sambil berteriak, katanya, "Engkaulah Anak Allah." |
| Italian | Gli spiriti immondi, quando lo vedevano, gli si gettavano ai piedi gridando: «Tu sei il Figlio di Dio!». |
| Maori | Me nga wairua poke hoki, i to ratou kitenga i a ia, takoto ana ki tona aroaro, ka karanga, ka mea, Ko te Tama koe a te Atua. |
| Norwegian | Og når de urene ånder så ham, falt de ned for ham og ropte: Du er Guds Sønn! |
| Portuguese | E os espíritos imundos, quando o viam, prostravam-se diante dele e clamavam, dizendo: Tu és o Filho de Deus. |
| Rumanian | Duhurile necurate, cknd Kl vedeau, cqdeau la pqmknt knaintea Lui, wi strigau: ,,Tu ewti Fiul lui Dumnezeu.`` |
| Shuar | Tura iwianchrukusha Jesusan Wáinkiar tikishmatrarmiayi. Untsumainiak "Ame nekas Yusa Uchirínme" tiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Y los espíritus inmundos, siempre que le veían, se postraban delante de él y gritaban diciendo: "¡Tú eres el Hijo de Dios!" |
| Swahili | Na watu waliokuwa wamepagawa na pepo wachafu walipomwona, walijitupa chini mbele yake na kupaaza sauti, "Wewe ni Mwana wa Mungu!" |
| Swedish | Och när de orena andarna sågo honom, föllo de ned för honom och och ropade och sade: "Du är Guds Son." |
| Uma | Rata wo'o-ra tauna to napesuai' anudaa'. Kampohilo-ra Yesus kaliliu mowingkotu' -ra hi nyanyoa-na, pai' -ra mejeu', ra'uli': "Iko-mi Ana' Alata'ala!" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Sprites" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: esprits, prites, Pritesh, spirites, spirte, spirts, splittism, sprate, sprete, spriet, sprute, uprites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: esprits, persist, priests, spriest, stirpes, stripes. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-p-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: esprit, pisser, pistes, prests, priest, prises, resist, ripest, sister, speirs, spiers, spires, spirts, spites, sprite, sprits, stipes, stirps, streps, stripe, strips, tripes. | |
-2 letters: peris, pests, piers, piste, press, prest, pries, prise, priss, rests, ripes, rises, rites, septs, sipes, sires, sites, speir, spier, spies, spire, spirt, spite, spits, sprit, steps, sties, stipe, stirp. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-p-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: crispest, hipsters, imprests, pastries, persists, piasters, piastres, presifts, prosiest, prosties, pursiest, raspiest, reposits, respites, resplits, ripostes, spinster, spiriest, spitters, spritzes, stripers, tipsters, traipses, triposes. | |
+2 letters: antipress, aspirates, crispiest, disputers, epistlers, imposters, parasites, patissier, persisted, persister, pertussis, piecrusts, pilasters, pinasters, plaisters, poetisers, practises, precisest, preexists, prestiges, priestess, printless, prissiest, pristanes, prothesis, psaltries, quipsters, rescripts, satrapies, scripters, sparkiest, sparriest, spheriest, spinsters, spitfires, splinters, splitters, sportiest, sprinters, spritzers, spruciest, stipplers, storeship, stripiest, strippers, superhits, topsiders, tricepses. | |
| 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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