hybrid

English

Etymology

Known in English since 1601, but rare before c.1850. From Latin hybrida, a variant of ibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hī'brĭd, IPA: /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/ SAMPA: /"haI.brId/

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Noun

hybrid (plural hybrids)

Wikipedia

1. (biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
2. Something of mixed origin or composition.
3. A word whose elements are derived from different languages.
4. Short for hybrid car, one that runs on both fuel (gasoline/diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
5. (golf) A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.

Translations

biology: offspring resulting from crossbreeding

Chinese: Mandarin: 雜種 (cmn), 杂种 (cmn) (zázhǒng) Czech: kříženec (cs) m. Dutch: kruising (nl), hybride (nl) m. Finnish: hybridi (fi) French: hybride (fr) m. and f.

German: Hybride (de) f., Kreuzung (de) f. Greek: υβρίδιο (el) (yvrídio) n. Italian: ibrido (it) m. Japanese: 雑種 (ja) (ざっしゅ, zasshu) Latin: hybrida (la) f. Russian: гибрид (ru) (gibríd) m., помесь (ru) (pómes') f.

something of mixed origin

Czech: hybrid (cs) m. Dutch: hybride (nl) m. Finnish: hybridi (fi), risteymä (fi), sekamuoto (fi)

Italian: ibrido (it) m. Latin: hybrida (la) f. Russian: гибрид (ru) (gibríd) m., помесь (ru) (pómes') f.

word derived from different languages

Dutch: hybridisch woord French: hybride (fr) m. and f.

Italian: ibrido (it) m. Russian: гибрид (ru) (gibríd) m.

car that runs on both fuel and electricity

Chinese: Mandarin: 混合動力汽車 (cmn), 混合动力汽车 (cmn) (hùnhé dònglì qìchē)

Dutch: hybride (auto/ wagen etc.) German: Hybridfahrzeug Latin: autocinetum materiae propulsoriae miscellae (la) n.

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Italian: ibrido m. (4)

Serbo-Croatian: mešanac m., mešanka f.

Adjective

hybrid (comparative more hybrid, superlative most hybrid)

1. consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components

Translations

consisting of diverse components

Chinese: 混血 Dutch: hybridisch, hybride-, gehybridiseerd, gekruisd Finnish: sekamuotoinen (fi) French: hybride (fr) m. and f.

German: hybrid (de) Italian: ibrido (it) Latin: miscellus (la) Spanish: híbrido (es) Turkish: melez (tr)

Related terms

• hybrida
• hybridise / hybridize
• hybridism
• hybridist
• hybridity
• hybrid car
• hybrid computer
• hybrid tea, hybrid tea rose

See also

• cultivar

References

• hybrid, page 216, chapter: A Miscegenation Vocabulary in Interracialism, Terms from the Oxford English Dictionary, book: Black White Intermarriage in Americal 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, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• hybrid at OneLook Dictionary Search