hybrid

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

enPR: hī'brĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪbɹɪd

NounEdit

hybrid (plural hybrids)

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(biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
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.

SynonymsEdit

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

TranslationsEdit

biology: offspring resulting from crossbreeding

Arabic: هَجِين‎ m (hajīn)
Belarusian: гібры́д m (hibrýd)
Bulgarian: кръсто́ска f (krǎstóska), хибри́д m (hibríd)
Catalan: híbrid (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雜種 (zh), 杂种 (zh) (zázhǒng)
Czech: kříženec (cs) m
Dutch: kruising (nl), hybride (nl) m
Esperanto: krucbredulo, hibrido
Finnish: hybridi (fi), risteytys (fi)
French: hybride (fr) m or f
Galician: híbrido m
Georgian: ჰიბრიდი (ka) (hibridi), ნაჯვარი (naǯvari), ჯიშნარევი (ǯišnarevi)
German: Blendling m, Mischling (de) m, Kreuzling f, Kreuzung (de) f, Bastard (de) m, Hybride (de) f, Hybride (de) m, Hybrid (de) m
Greek: υβρίδιο (el) n (yvrídio)
Hebrew: כלאיים \ כִּלְאַיִם‎ m pl (kil'áyim), בֶּן תַּעֲרוֹבֶת‎ m (ben ta'aróvet)
Indonesian: hibrida (id), blasteran (id)
Irish: hibrid f, cros-síolrach m

Italian: ibrido (it) m, incrocio (it) m, meticcio (it) m
Japanese: 雑種 (ja) (ざっしゅ, zasshu)
Korean: 잡종(雜種) (ko) (japjong)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: dureg (ku)
Latin: hybrida f, hybridus m
Malay: kacukan
Maori: momorua
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: эрлийз (mn) (erliydz)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hybrid (no) m

Nynorsk: hybrid m
Polish: hybryda (pl) f, krzyżówka (pl) f, mieszaniec (pl) m
Portuguese: híbrido (pt) m
Russian: гибри́д (ru) m (gibríd), по́месь (ru) f (pómesʹ)
Sicilian: ìbbritu m
Spanish: híbrido (es) m
Swedish: hybrid (sv) c, korsning (sv) c, blandras (sv) c
Ukrainian: гібри́д m (hibrýd)
Vietnamese: tạp chủng (vi) (雜種)

something of mixed origin

Arabic: هَجِين‎ m (hajīn)
Bulgarian: хибри́д m (hibríd)
Catalan: híbrid (ca) m
Czech: hybrid (cs) m
Dutch: hybride (nl) m
Finnish: hybridi (fi), risteymä (fi), sekamuoto
Galician: híbrido m
Georgian: ჰიბრიდი (ka) (hibridi)
Indonesian: hibrida (id), campuran (id)
Italian: ibrido (it) m

Latin: hybrida f, hybridus m
Malay: kacukan, hibrid
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hybrid (no) m

Nynorsk: hybrid m
Polish: hybryda (pl) f
Portuguese: híbrido (pt) m
Russian: гибри́д (ru) m (gibríd), по́месь (ru) f (pómesʹ)
Spanish: híbrido (es) m
Swedish: hybrid (sv) c

word derived from different languages

Catalan: híbrid (ca) m
Dutch: hybridisch woord n
French: hybride (fr) m or f
Galician: híbrido m
German: Bastardwort (de) n, Hybridwort n, hybrides Wort n, Mischwort n, Zwitterwort n; Vox hybrida f, vox hybrida f (often printed in antiqua when using fraktur or printed in italics when using antiqua)

Italian: ibrido (it) m
Latin: vox hybrida f (New Latin)
Polish: hybryda (pl) f
Russian: гибри́д (ru) m (gibríd)

car that runs on both fuel and electricity

Bulgarian: хибри́д m (hibríd)
Catalan: híbrid (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 混合動力汽車, 混合动力汽车 (hùnhé dònglì qìchē)
Dutch: (auto/ wagen etc.) hybride (nl)

Finnish: hybridi (fi), hybridiauto (fi)
Galician: híbrido m
German: Hybridfahrzeug n
Latin: autocinetum materiae propulsoriae miscellae n
Portuguese: híbrido (pt) m
Swedish: hybrid (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} هَجِين‎ m (hajīn)
Italian: (4) ^{(please verify)} ibrido (it) m

Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} mešanac (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} mešanka (sh) f

AdjectiveEdit

hybrid (comparative more hybrid, superlative most hybrid)

Consisting of diverse components.
a hybrid mix of jazz and punk

TranslationsEdit

consisting of diverse components

Asturian: híbridu
Belarusian: гібры́дны (hibrýdny)
Bulgarian: хибри́ден (hibríden)
Catalan: híbrid (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 混血 (zh) (hùnxuè, hùnxuě, hùnxiě)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} hybridisch (nl), ^{(please verify)} hybride- (nl) , ^{(please verify)} gehybridiseerd, ^{(please verify)} gekruisd
Finnish: sekamuotoinen
French: hybride (fr) m or f
Galician: híbrido m
Georgian: ჰიბრიდული (hibriduli)

German: hybrid (de)
Irish: hibrideach, cros-síolrach, croschineálach
Italian: ibrido (it)
Latin: bigener (la), miscellus
Polish: hybrydowy (pl), mieszany (pl)
Portuguese: híbrido (pt)
Russian: гибри́дный (ru) (gibrídnyj)
Spanish: híbrido (es)
Turkish: melez (tr)
Ukrainian: гібри́дний (hibrýdnyj)

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

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 [1]
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