hybrid

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
  2. noun a composite of mixed origin
  3. noun (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

loanblend, loan-blend

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