# 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: /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
* F2 hybrid
* hybridal
* hybridase
* hybriding
* hybridisation / hybridization
* hybridise / hybridize
* hybridism
* hybridist
* hybridlike
* hybridness
* hybridogenesis
* hybridogenetic
* hybridogenic
* hybridogenous
* hybridoma
* microhybrid
* monohybrid
* nanohybrid
* neohybrid
* nonhybrid
* organohybrid
* polyhybrid
* quadrihybrid
* resonance hybrid
* tribrid
* trihybrid

#### Translations

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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.

#### Derived terms

* hybrid bill
* hybrid car
* hybrid computer
* hybrid cycle track
* hybrid diaper
* hybrid disgenesis
* hybrid electric vehicle
* hybrid embryo
* hybridicity
* hybrid image
* hybrid immunity
* hybridisation / hybridization
* hybridise / hybridize
* hybridism
* hybridity
* hybrid learning
* hybridly
* hybrid meson
* hybrid monkey
* hybrid nappy
* hybridness
* hybrid offence
* hybrid open access
* hybrid orbital
* hybrid perpetual
* hybrid reality
* hybrid rocket
* hybrid saw
* hybrid sleep
* hybrid speciation
* hybrid tea / hybrid tea rose
* hybrid teaching
* hybrid vigor
* hybrid vigour
* hybrid war
* hybrid warfare
* hybrid wave function
* hybrid worker
* hybrid working
* nonhybrid
* tribrid

#### Translations
### Related terms

* hybrida

### See also

* transgenic
* cultivar

### 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.
* 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.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin hybrida.

### Noun

hybrid c (singular definite hybriden, plural indefinite hybrider)
* (biology) a hybrid
* (figuratively) a hybrid (mix of things)
    Synonym: blanding
** (automotive) a hybrid vehicle

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin hibrida.

### Noun

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

### References

* “hybrid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin hibrida.

### Noun

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

### References

* “hybrid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Noun

hybrid c
* (biology) a hybrid
* (figuratively) a hybrid (mix of things)
    Synonym: blandning
** (automotive) a hybrid vehicle

#### Declension
### Adjective

hybrid (not comparable)
* (biology) hybrid
* (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

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

### References

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