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Sprite
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sprite
English
+ (soft drink)
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Etymology
In the early 1940s, Coca-Cola started running an advertising campaign featuring an elf-like figure called “Sprite Boy” (see en sprite elf). The name originated from the previous Coca-Cola campaign, but it was a focus group that ultimately chose the name “Sprite”.Emma Roberts Why is Sprite Called Sprite? Rewind & Capture https://www.rewindandcapture.com/why-is-sprite-called-sprite/ 20 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20260209225312/https://www.rewindandcapture.com/why-is-sprite-called-sprite/ 9 February 2026.
Pronunciation
sprīt, en /spɹaɪt/
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Proper noun
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A colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink.
Derived terms
en Sproke
Translations
colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink
Arabic: ar سْبْرَايْت m
Armenian: hy Սփրայթ
Belarusian: be Спрайт m
Bengali: bn স্প্রাইট
Bulgarian: bg Спрайт m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 雪碧 xuěbì
Finnish: fi Sprite
Georgian: ka სპრაიტი
Greek: el Σπραιτ
Hebrew: he סְפְּרַיִּיט m sprayt
Hindi: hi स्प्राइट m f
Japanese: ja スプライト Supuraito
Korean: ko ^스프라이트
Macedonian: mk Спрајт m
Persian: fa سپرایت sprâyt
Russian: ru Спрайт m
Thai: th สไปรต์
Tibetan: bo བསིལ་ལྦུ
Ukrainian: uk Спрайт m
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Anagrams
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