English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Known in English since 1601, but rare before c.1850. From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”).
Pronunciation[edit]
hybrid (plural hybrids)
- (biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
- Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
- (linguistics) A word whose elements are derived from different languages.
- A hybrid vehicle (especially a car), one that runs on both fuel (gasoline/diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
All our family drive hybrids because they're greener.
- (cycling) A bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.
- (golf) A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
- An electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or PCB.
- A computer that is part analog computer and part digital computer.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
biology: offspring resulting from crossbreeding
- Belarusian: гібры́д m (hibrýd)
- Bulgarian: кръстоска f (krǎstoska), хибри́д m (hibríd)
- Catalan: híbrid (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 雜種 (zh), 杂种 (zh) (zázhǒng)
- Czech: kříženec (cs) m
- Dutch: kruising (nl), hybride (nl) m
- Esperanto: krucbredulo
- Finnish: hybridi (fi), risteytys (fi)
- French: hybride (fr) m or f
- Galician: híbrido m
- Georgian: ჰიბრიდი (ka) (hibridi), ნაჯვარი (naǯvari), ჯიშნარევი (ǯišnarevi)
- German: Blendling m, Mischling (de) m, Kreuzling f, Kreuzung (de) f, Bastard (de) m, Hybride (de) f, Hybride (de) m, Hybrid (de) m
- Greek: υβρίδιο (el) n (yvrídio)
- Hebrew: כלאיים \ כִּלְאַיִם m pl (kil'áyim), בֶּן תַּעֲרוֹבֶת m (ben ta'aróvet)
- Indonesian: hibrida (id), blasteran (id)
- Irish: hibrid f, cros-síolrach m
- Italian: ibrido (it) m, incrocio (it) m, meticcio (it) m
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something of mixed origin
word derived from different languages
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Adjective[edit]
hybrid (comparative more hybrid, superlative most hybrid)
- Consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.
a hybrid mix of jazz and punk
Translations[edit]
consisting of diverse components
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- hybrid, page 216, chapter: A Miscegenation Vocabulary in Interracialism, Terms from the Oxford English Dictionary, book: Black White Intermarriage in American History, Literature and Law, Edited by Werner Sollor, Oxford University Press, 2000 [1]
- hybrid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- hybrid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- hybrid at OneLook Dictionary Search
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin hibrida
hybrid m (definite singular hybriden, indefinite plural hybrider, definite plural hybridene)
- a hybrid
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin hibrida
hybrid m (definite singular hybriden, indefinite plural hybridar, definite plural hybridane)
- a hybrid
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