Meaning of Sprite | Babel Free
spɹaɪtDefinitions
- Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:
- A spirit; a soul; a shade.
- A colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink.
- An apparition; a ghost.
- An elf, fairy, or goblin; one with a small humanlike physical body.
- A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
- 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).
- Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).
- A spayed female ferret.
Equivalents
Català
follet
Esperanto
elfo
Español
duendecillo
Gaeilge
sprid
Gàidhlig
luspardan
日本語
スプライト
한국어
스프라이트
Македонски
спрајт
Polski
krasnoludek
Português
sprite
Examples
“He who torments the chafer's sprite Weaves a bower in endless night.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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