hybrid

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

• enPR: hī'brĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪbɹɪd

hybrid (plural hybrids)

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

   Synonyms: bastard, crossbreed, mixing

3. Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
   2. 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. (computing) A computer that is part analog computer and part digital computer.
   6. (cycling) A bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.
   7. (electronics) An electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or PCB.
   8. (golf) A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
   10. (linguistics) A word whose elements are derived from different languages.

hybrid (comparative more hybrid, superlative most hybrid)

1. Of or composed of mixed origin or composition.

   a hybrid mix of jazz and punk

3. Of a car, running on both fuel (gasoline or 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.

4. (animation) Involving both 2D and 3D animation.

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• 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hybrid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “hybrid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

From Latin hybrida.

hybrid c (singular definite hybriden, plural indefinite hybrider)

1. (biology) a hybrid
2. (figuratively) a hybrid (mix of things)

   Synonym: blanding

   1. (automotive) a hybrid vehicle

From Latin hibrida.

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

1. a hybrid

• “hybrid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin hibrida.

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

1. a hybrid

• “hybrid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

hybrid c

1. (biology) a hybrid
2. (figuratively) a hybrid (mix of things)

   Synonym: blandning

   1. (automotive) a hybrid vehicle

hybrid (not comparable)

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

The singular indefinite neuter is avoided according to the references, but "hybrit" is what would intuitively be expected (and is attested).

• hybrid in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hybrid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hybrid in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)