Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sprite

/spɹaɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables
sprite
IPA
/spɹaɪt/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:

noun

Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:

noun

Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:

noun

A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.

noun

A large electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm, which appears as a luminous red or orange flash.

noun

The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).

noun

Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).

noun

A spayed female ferret.

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sprites (plural) spright (alternative, obsolete) sprites (present, singular) spriting (participle, present) sprited (participle, past) sprited (past)

Derived Forms

metasprite resprite sprelve Spridget spriteful spritehood spritelike spritely spritemap spriter spritesheet spritework

Phrases

pool sprite red sprite sprite comic sprite halo water sprite

Frequently Paired Words

sprightly

Synonyms

goblin fairy faery faerie fay

Homonyms

spright

Rhymes With

right might night white light quite fight site non-white write tonight despite

Questions

How do you pronounce sprite?
The recorded pronunciation is /spɹaɪt/.
What does sprite mean?
Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:
Where does sprite come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce sprite

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