hybrid
Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/
The English word “hybrid” has 11 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
- A hybrid vehicle, especially a car; a vehicle that runs on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
- A computer that is part analog computer and part digital computer.
- A bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.
- An electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or PCB.
- A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
- A word that is internally macaronic, its elements being derived from different languages.
adjective
Etymology
From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, an offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”). Attested since 1601, but rare before c. 1850.
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