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/ X-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 vehicle (especially a 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.

Synonyms

• mixling, cross-breed

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 

• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: hibrid (ga) f, cros-síolrach (ga) m
• Italian: ibrido (it) m
• Japanese: 雑種 (ja) (ざっしゅ, zasshu)
• Latin: hybrida (la) f
• Malay: kacukan (ms)
• 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)
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can

• Italian: ibrido (it) m
• Latin: hybrida (la) f
• Malay: kacukan (ms), hibrid (ms)
• 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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Translations to be checked

• 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
• Georgian: ჰიბრიდული (ka) (hibriduli) 
• German: hybrid (de)

• Irish: hibrideach (ga), cros-síolrach (ga), croschineálach (ga)
• 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

• transgenic
• 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