English Explanatory Dictionary

hybrid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  3. A hybrid vehicle, especially a car; a vehicle that runs on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
  4. A computer that is part analog computer and part digital computer.
  5. A bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.
  6. An electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or PCB.
  7. A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
  8. A word that is internally macaronic, its elements being derived from different languages.
adj
  1. Of or composed of mixed origin or composition.
  2. Of a car, running on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
  3. Involving both 2D and 3D animation.

Pronunciation

hī'brĭd /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/ en-us-hybrid.ogg

Word forms

hybrid hybrids more hybrid most hybrid

Etymology

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

Synonyms

cross cross-breed hybrid melding mixling mongrel bastard crossbreed mixing

Related words

hybrida transgenic cultivar

Derived words

biohybrid cybrid derivative hybrid dihybrid etymological hybrid F1 hybrid F2 hybrid hybridal hybridase hybriding hybridist hybridlike hybridogenesis hybridogenetic hybridogenic hybridogenous hybridoma microhybrid monohybrid nanohybrid neohybrid organohybrid polyhybrid quadrihybrid resonance hybrid trihybrid hybridisation hybridise hybridism hybridization hybridize hybridness nonhybrid tribrid hybrid bill hybrid car hybrid computer hybrid cycle track hybrid diaper hybrid disgenesis hybrid electric vehicle hybrid embryo hybrid fever hybridicity hybrid image hybrid immunity hybridity hybrid learning hybridly hybrid meson hybrid monkey hybrid nappy hybrid offence hybrid open access hybrid orbital hybrid perpetual hybrid reality hybrid regime hybrid rocket hybrid saw

Translations

Arabic: هَجِين Armenian: հիբրիդ Armenian: խառնածին Bulgarian: хибри́д Catalan: híbrid Czech: hybrid Danish: hybrid Dutch: hybride Finnish: hybridi Finnish: risteymä Finnish: sekamuoto Galician: híbrido Georgian: ჰიბრიდი Indonesian: hibrida Indonesian: campuran Italian: ibrido Latin: hybrida Latin: hybridus Malay: kacukan Malay: hibrid Māori: momorua Norwegian Bokmål: hybrid Norwegian Nynorsk: hybrid Polish: hybryda Portuguese: híbrido Russian: гибри́д Russian: по́месь Spanish: híbrido Swedish: hybrid
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