sprite

== English == === Alternative forms === spright (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English sprite, spryt, spreyte, from Old French esprit (“spirit”), from Latin spīritus. 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 === enPR: sprīt, IPA(key): /spɹaɪt/ Rhymes: -aɪt === Noun === sprite (plural sprites) (mythology) Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined: A spirit; a soul; a shade. An apparition; a ghost. An elf, fairy, or goblin; one with a small humanlike physical body. (computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene. (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. The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis). (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 ==== (supernatural creature): See goblin (hostile) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== sprightly ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: スプライト (supuraito) → Russian: спрайт (sprajt) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === sprite (third-person singular simple present sprites, present participle spriting, simple past and past participle sprited) (art, informal) To draw a (specifically) pixel art sprite. === Anagrams === Pitres, Presti, Priest, esprit, pierst, priest, re-tips, respit, retips, ripest, sitrep, stripe, tripes == Finnish == === Etymology === From English sprite. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsprite/, [ˈs̠prit̪e̞] IPA(key): /ˈsprɑi̯tːi/, [ˈs̠prɑ̝i̯t̪ːi] (approximating English pronunciation; inflects like risti) Rhymes: -ite Syllabification(key): spri‧te Hyphenation(key): spri‧te === Noun === sprite (computer graphics) sprite ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== pelihahmo === Anagrams === ripset