Hybrid Definition
hybrid
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English
Etymology
Known in English since 1601, but rare before c.1850. From Latin hybrida, a variant of ibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: hī'brĭd, IPA: /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/ SAMPA: /"haI.brId/
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Noun
hybrid (plural hybrids)
Wikipedia has an article on: Hybrid- (biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
- Something of mixed origin or composition.
- A word whose elements are derived from different languages.
- Short for hybrid car, one that runs on both fuel (gasoline/diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
- (golf) A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
Adjective
hybrid (comparative more hybrid, superlative most hybrid)
- consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components
Translations
consisting of diverse componentsRelated terms
- hybrida
- hybridise / hybridize
- hybridism
- hybridist
- hybridity
- hybrid car
- hybrid computer
- 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 Americal 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, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- hybrid at OneLook Dictionary Search
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