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/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪbɹɪd

Noun

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.

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Adjective

hybrid (comparative more hybrid, superlative most hybrid)

  1. Consisting of diverse components.
    a hybrid mix of jazz and punk
  2. (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.

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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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • “hybrid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • hybrid at OneLook Dictionary Search

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin hibrida.

Noun

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

  1. a hybrid

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin hibrida.

Noun

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

  1. a hybrid

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Swedish

Noun

hybrid c

  1. (biology) a hybrid
  2. (figuratively) a hybrid (mix of things)
    Synonym: blandning
    1. (automotive) a hybrid vehicle

Declension
Declension of hybrid 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hybrid hybriden hybrider hybriderna
Genitive hybrids hybridens hybriders hybridernas

Adjective

hybrid (not comparable)

  1. (biology) hybrid
  2. (figuratively) hybrid (of mixed origin or composition)

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

References
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