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# sprite

«sprite» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small magical creature like a fairy or elf in stories…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sprite, sprites); brand (Sprite)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small magical creature like a fairy or elf in stories, often playful or mischievous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprite/#m1)

2) (computing) A small picture or character that moves around in a computer game, such as in Scratch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprite/#m2)

3) (science) A rare flash of red light high above a thunderstorm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprite/#m3)

4) Sprite (with a capital S) is a lemon-lime fizzy drink brand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprite/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, sprites are water or air spirits in myths and fairy tales; in coding lessons with Scratch, pupils program sprites (like the cat) to move, talk and react. In science, «red sprites» are a kind of upper-air lightning photographed from planes and space.

### examples

- In Scratch, make the sprite move ten steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprite/#x1)
- A water sprite lived in the river in the fairy tale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprite/#x2)
- Change your sprite's costume to make it look like it's walking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprite/#x3)
- The mischievous sprite hid the farmer's boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprite/#x4)
- Red sprites flash high above thunderclouds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprite/#x5)
- Can I have a Sprite with my lunch? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprite/#x6)
- “That's glorious fun!” said the sprite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprite/#x7)

### note

Countable. Say to rhyme with «bright». Similar: fairy, pixie, elf. In Scratch, a sprite is any object on the stage besides the background.

### In the corpora

- [une limonade is fizzy lemonade, like Sprite; un citron pressé is fresh squeezed lemon with water and sugar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sprite» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprite/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.