Hybrid

Noun

 * 1)  Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
 * 2) Something of mixed origin or composition.
 * 3) A word whose elements are derived from different languages.
 * 4) Short for hybrid car, one that runs on both fuel (gasoline/diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
 * 5)  A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.

Adjective

 * 1) consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components

Synonyms for Hybrid
crossbred, mixed, mutant, mongrel, half-blooded, half-bred.

Antonyms for Hybrid
purebred, thoroughbred, pure stock, unmixed, pedigreed.

Thesaurus
Cape Colored, Eurasian, bastard, blend, cattalo, citrange, combination, composite, compound, contamination, cross, crossbred, crossbreed, crossed, griffe, half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, high yellow, hinny, hybrid word, hybridism, interbred, ladino, liger, macaronic, macaronicism, mestee, mestiza, mestizo, metis, metisse, mixblood, mixed-blood, mixture, mongrel, mulatto, mule, mustee, octoroon, plumcot, portmanteau, portmanteau word, portmantologism, quadroon, quintroon, sambo, tangelo, telescope word, tigon, zebrass, zebrule

Etymology
Known in English since 1601, but rare before c.1850. From hybrida:, a variant of ibrida:, of unsure origin, possibly (a) somehow related to  ὕβρις:, or (b) < the roots undefined: and undefined:

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * German: Hybride,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Russian:, помесь


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, risteymä, sekamuoto


 * Italian:
 * Russian:, помесь


 * Dutch: hybridisch woord
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Russian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 混合動力汽車, 混合动力汽车


 * Dutch: hybride (auto/ wagen etc.)
 * German: Hybridfahrzeug


 * : ibrido (4)
 * : mešanac, mešanka

Adjective

 * Chinese: 混血
 * Dutch: hybridisch, hybride-, gehybridiseerd, gekruisd
 * Finnish: sekamuotoinen
 * French:


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

Related terms

 * hybrida
 * hybridise / hybridize
 * hybridism
 * hybridist
 * hybridity
 * hybrid car
 * hybrid computer
 * hybrid tea, hybrid tea rose