sprite – English noun declension

English noun forms of sprite

Noun: sprite
Singularsprite
Pluralsprites

Sample Sentences

  • He who torments the chafer's sprite
  • Weaves a bower in endless night. [1803, William Blake, Auguries of Innocence:]

Etymology

1. From Middle English sprite, spryt, spreyte, from Old French esprit (“spirit”), from Latin spīritus. Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spirytus, spright, and esprit.
2. (computer graphics): First used by Danny Hillis at Texas Instruments in the late 1970s.
3. (meteorology): An acronym for Stratospheric Perturbations Resulting from Intense Thunderstorm Electrification. See: Middle English Nouns 'sprite', Latin Nouns 'spīritus'.

Verbs referencing "sprite"

Finnish Nouns sprite, Swedish Nouns sprit, Dutch Nouns spruit, Russian Nouns спрайт.