sprite

Meaning

Noun

1. Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:
2. Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:
3. Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:
4. A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
5. A large electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm, which appears as a luminous red or orange flash.
6. The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
7. Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).
8. A spayed female ferret.
9. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete) Alternative form of spright (“frame of mind, disposition”).

Verb

To draw a (specifically) pixel art sprite.

Synonyms

elf

🧝

fairy

🧚

gnome

nymph

goblin

hobgoblin

hob

imp

👿

ghost

👻

genie

🧞

faery

fay

pixy

puck

bogy

bogey

spirit

faerie

specter

spectre

spook

sylph

wizard

wraith

yaffle

apparition

nature goddess

brownie

bugbear

cell

data

element

green woodpecker

gremlin

holder

naiad

occupier

phantasm

phantom

pixie

possessor

principle

pug

rudiment

Translations

Kobold

Elfe

duende

lutin

👿

elf

11

fada

🧚

folletto

🧝

sprite

Fee

🧚

follet

farfadet

🧝

ξωτικό

kabouter

🅰️

duende

hada

🧚

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɹaɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sprite

In summary

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.