hybrid

CEFRB2

/ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A thing made by combining two different types.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Made by combining two different types.

Examples

  • Tom encouraged Mary to buy a hybrid car.

  • a hybrid mix of jazz and punk

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.

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

  3. A hybrid vehicle, especially a car; a vehicle that runs on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).

More examples

In context

  • I bought a hybrid.

  • Lastly, the hybrids or mongrels from between all the domestic breeds of pigeons are perfectly fertile.

  • Starting in the mid-1940s, the legendary Danish designer Hans Wegner created a series of chairs inspired by Ming Dynasty furnishings, their streamlined frames a hybrid of imperial Chinese forms and Scandinavian modernism.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.