Dictionary Definition
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- , /spraɪt/, /spraIt/
Noun
- A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.
- An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
- 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.[1]
Translations
A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
- Finnish: henki
An elf; a fairy; a goblin
The green woodpecker, or yaffle
A two-dimensional image or animation that is
integrated into a larger scene
- Finnish: sprite
Electrical discharges that occur high above the
cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm
- Finnish: keijusalama
* ttbc Spanish: duendecillo
Extensive Definition
Sprites may be:
- Sprite (creature), elves, fairies and pixies
- Sprite (computer graphics), a two-dimensional pre-rendered figure
- Sprite (soft drink), the brand name of a lemon-lime beverage produced by The Coca-Cola Company
- Sprite operating system, an operating system developed at the University of California, Berkeley
- Austin-Healey Sprite, a British car
- Sprite (motorcycle), a historical British make of motorcycle
- Schweizer SGS 1-36 Sprite, a US sailplane
- Sprites (band), an independent music group from USA
- Sprite (lightning), electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm
- Sprite (Eternal), a fictional member of the race of Eternals in the Marvel Comics Universe
- Shine Sprites, fictional objects from the video game Super Mario Sunshine
- Mythical sprites from the Rainbow Brite television series
SPRITE may refer to:
- SPRITE (IR detector), a specialist detector device using a process know as Signal PRocessing In The Element
- SPRITE-S2, Support and Guidance to the PRocurement of Information and TElecommunication Systems and Service, a European Commission project
Sprite may also be:
- Ferret, a spayed female
- Kitty Pryde, an X-Men member who used Sprite as an early alias
sprite in German: Sprite
sprite in Spanish: Sprite
sprite in French: Sprite
sprite in Korean: 스프라이트
sprite in Italian: Sprite
sprite in Dutch: Sprite
sprite in Japanese: スプライト
sprite in Polish: Sprite
sprite in Russian: Спрайт
sprite in Serbian: Спрајт (вишезначна
одредница)
sprite in Swedish: Sprite
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Ariel,
Befind, Corrigan, Dingbelle, Fifinella, Finnbeara, Hob, Hobgoblin, Mab, Masan, Oberon, Puck, Titania, apparition, appearance, astral, astral spirit, bad fairy,
bad peri, banshee,
brownie, cluricaune, control, departed spirit,
deviling, devilkin, diablotin, disembodied spirit,
duppy, dwarf, dybbuk, eidolon, elf, erlking, fairy, fairy queen, fay, form, ghost, gnome, goblin, grateful dead, gremlin, guide, hant, haunt, hob, idolum, immateriality, imp, incorporeal, incorporeal
being, incorporeity, kobold, larva, lemures, leprechaun, little devil,
manes, materialization,
oni, ouphe, peri, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, pixie, poltergeist, pooka, presence, puca, puck, pwca, revenant, shade, shadow, shape, shrouded spirit, specter, spectral ghost,
spirit, spook, sylph, sylphid, theophany, tokoloshe, unsubstantiality,
vision, walking dead man,
wandering soul, wraith,
young devil, zombie