hybrid
English
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: hī'brĭd, IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪbɹɪd
Noun
hybrid (plural hybrids)
- (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.
- (linguistics) A word whose elements are derived from different languages.
- 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.
- (cycling) A bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.
- (golf) A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
- An electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or PCB.
- A computer that is part analog computer and part digital computer.
Synonyms
- (biology): bastard, crossbred/crossbreed/cross-breed, mixling
Derived terms
- biohybrid
- cybrid
- dihybrid
- etymological hybrid
- F1 hybrid
- hybridal
- hybrid cycle track
- hybrid diaper
- hybrid diaper
- hybrid disgenesis
- hybrid electric vehicle
- hybrid embryo
- hybridicity
- hybrid immunity
- hybriding
- hybridization
- hybrid learning
- hybridlike
- hybridly
- hybrid meson
- hybrid nappy
- hybridness
- hybrid offence
- hybridogenesis
- hybridogenetic
- hybridogenic
- hybridogenous
- hybridoma
- hybrid orbital
- hybrid rocket
- hybrid saw
- hybrid sleep
- hybrid speciation
- hybrid teaching
- hybrid vigor
- hybrid vigour
- hybrid war
- hybrid warfare
- hybrid wave function
- hybrid worker
- hybrid working
- microhybrid
- monohybrid
- nanohybrid
- neohybrid
- nonhybrid
- organohybrid
- polyhybrid
- quadrihybrid
- resonance hybrid
- tribrid
- trihybrid
Translations
biology: offspring resulting from crossbreeding
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something of mixed origin
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word derived from different languages
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car that runs on both fuel and electricity
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Adjective
hybrid (comparative more hybrid, superlative most hybrid)
- Consisting of diverse components.
- a hybrid mix of jazz and punk
- (of a car) Running on both fuel (gasoline/diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
- 2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 270:
- Brooklyn has opted for hybrid SUVs, at least, to show environmental consciousness.
Translations
consisting of diverse components
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Related terms
- hybrida
- hybridase
- hybrid bill
- hybrid car
- hybrid computer
- hybridise / hybridize
- hybridism
- hybridist
- hybridity
- hybrid tea, hybrid tea rose
See also
References
- 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “hybrid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “hybrid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
hybrid m (definite singular hybriden, indefinite plural hybrider, definite plural hybridene)
- a hybrid
References
- “hybrid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
hybrid m (definite singular hybriden, indefinite plural hybridar, definite plural hybridane)
- a hybrid
References
- “hybrid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of hybrid | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hybrid | hybriden | hybrider | hybriderna |
| Genitive | hybrids | hybridens | hybriders | hybridernas |
Adjective
hybrid (not comparable)
Usage notes
The singular indefinite neuter is avoided according to the references, but "hybrit" is what would intuitively be expected (and is attested).
Declension
| Inflection of hybrid | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hybrid | — | — |
| Neuter singular | hybrit | — | — |
| Plural | hybrida | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | hybride | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hybride | — | — |
| All | hybrida | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
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