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In the early 1940s, Coca-Cola started running an advertising campaign featuring an elf-like figure called “Sprite Boy” (see sprite (“elf”)). The name originated from the previous Coca-Cola campaign, but it was a focus group that ultimately chose the name “Sprite”.

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.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سْبْرَايْت (sbrāyt) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Armenian: Սփրայթ (Spʻraytʻ) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Belarusian: Спрайт (Sprajt) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Bengali: স্প্রাইট (spraiṭ) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Bulgarian: Спрайт (Sprajt) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Chinese Mandarin: 雪碧 (xuěbì) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Finnish: Sprite — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Georgian: სპრაიტი (sṗraiṭi) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Greek: Σπραιτ (Sprait) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Hebrew: סְפְּרַיִּיט (sprayt) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Hindi: स्प्राइट (sprāiṭ) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Japanese: スプライト (Supuraito) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Korean: 스프라이트 (Seupeuraiteu) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Macedonian: Спрајт (Sprajt) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Persian: سپرایت (sprâyt) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Russian: Спрайт (Sprajt) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Thai: สไปรต์ — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Tibetan: བསིལ་ལྦུ (bsil lbu) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Ukrainian: Спрайт (Sprajt) — colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
• Bulgarian: дух (duh) — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• Czech: duch — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• Czech: přízrak — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• Czech: zjevení — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• Finnish: henki — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• German: Geist — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• German: Erscheinung — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• German: Seele — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• Greek: πνεύμα (pnévma) — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• Greek: δαιμονικό (daimonikó) — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• Irish: sprid — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• Russian: дух (dux) — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• Russian: душа́ (dušá) — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• Russian: при́зрак (prízrak) — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• Russian: привиде́ние (prividénije) — a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
• Bulgarian: фея (feja) — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Bulgarian: елф (elf) — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Catalan: follet — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Czech: skřítek — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Esperanto: elfo — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Finnish: keiju — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Finnish: haltija — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• German: Kobold — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• German: Elf — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• German: Elfe — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• German: Elfin — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Māori: rangipokohu — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Old English: ielf — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Russian: эльф (elʹf) — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Russian: фе́я (féja) — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Russian: го́блин (góblin) — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Russian: домово́й (domovój) — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Russian: ле́ший (léšij) — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Russian: спрайт (sprajt) — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Scottish Gaelic: luspardan — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Spanish: duendecillo — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Swahili: kizimwi — an elf; a fairy; a goblin
• Chinese Mandarin: 精靈圖 /精灵图 (jīnglíngtú) — a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene
• Chinese Mandarin: 精靈 /精灵 (jīnglíng) — a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene
• Chinese Mandarin: 拼合圖 /拼合图 (pīnhétú) — a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene
• Chinese Mandarin: 雪碧圖 /雪碧图 (xuěbìtú) — a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene
• Finnish: sprite — a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene
• German: Sprite — a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene
• Japanese: スプライト (supuraito) — a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene
• Russian: спрайт (sprajt) — a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene
• Swedish: sprite — a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene
• Chinese Mandarin: 紅色精靈 /红色精灵 (hóngsè jīnglíng) — electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm
• Finnish: keijusalama — electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm
• French: farfadet — electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm
• German: Sprite — electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm
• German: Kobold — electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm
• Russian: спрайт (sprajt) — electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm