hybrid

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”).

• enPR: hī'brĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪbɹɪd

hybrid (plural hybrids)

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; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
   1. (linguistics) A word whose elements are derived from different languages.
   2. 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.

   3. (cycling) A bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.
   4. (golf) A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
   5. An electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or PCB.
   6. A computer that is part analog computer and part digital computer.

• (biology): bastard, crossbred/crossbreed/cross-breed, mixling

hybrid (comparative more hybrid, superlative most hybrid)

1. Consisting of diverse components.

   a hybrid mix of jazz and punk

• transgenic
• cultivar

• 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
• 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

From Latin hibrida.

hybrid m (definite singular hybriden, indefinite plural hybrider, definite plural hybridene)

1. a hybrid

• “hybrid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin hibrida.

hybrid m (definite singular hybriden, indefinite plural hybridar, definite plural hybridane)

1. a hybrid

• “hybrid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.