purebred

See also: pure-bred

English

Etymology

From pure +‎ bred.

Adjective

purebred (comparative more purebred, superlative most purebred)

1. Having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal.
   • 2009, Dakota Cassidy, chapter 1, in Kiss & Hell, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Sensation, →ISBN, pages 12–13:

     Delaney lifted her head, glaring at her only purebred dog—a black Dachshund with bladder control issues—who was tugging at his festively decorated dungaree wraparound diaper, trying to yank it off.

Translations

that which has genuine parents of the same breed

• Bulgarian: чистокръвен (bg) (čistokrăven)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 純種的 / 纯种的 (chúnzhǒng de)

• Finnish: puhdasrotuinen (fi)
• French: pur-sang (fr)
• German: reinrassig (de), rassenrein (esp. Switzerland), Rasse-
• Hungarian: fajtiszta (hu), fajtatiszta (hu)
• Icelandic: hreinræktaður m
• Irish: pórghlan
• Japanese: 純血の (ja) (じゅんけつの, junketsu no)
• Russian: чистокро́вный (ru) (čistokróvnyj), чистопоро́дный (ru) (čistoporódnyj)
• Spanish: de pura cepa
• Swedish: renrasig (sv)

Noun

purebred (plural purebreds)

1. An animal which has genuine parents of the same breed.

Antonyms

• Heinz 57
• mixed breed

Translations

animal which has genuine parents of the same breed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 純種 / 纯种 (zh) (chúnzhǒng)

• Finnish: puhdasrotuinen (fi), rotu-
• Japanese: 純血 (ja) (じゅんけつ, junketsu)
• Korean: 순혈(純血) (sunhyeol)
• Polish: czystej krwi, pełnokrwisty
• Russian: поро́дистое живо́тное n (poródistoje živótnoje)