hybrid

1. 1.

   a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

   Synonymsloanblendloan-blend

   Broaderword

   Greece · Latin

2. 2.

   a composite of mixed origin

   “the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices”

   Broadercomplex
3. 3.

   (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

   “a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey”

   Synonymscrossbreedcross

   Broaderorganism

   Narrowerdihybridmonohybrid

   genetics

1. 1.

   produced by crossbreeding

   Synonymsintercrossed

   Similarcrossbred

Other forms of hybrid

plural

hybrids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hybrid

What does hybrid mean?

hybrid means "a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hybrid?

hybrid has 2 syllables: hy-brid. The stress falls on "hy". In IPA it is /ˈhaɪbɹəd/.

What is another word for hybrid?

Close synonyms include loanblend, loan-blend, crossbreed, cross, intercrossed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hybrid a common word?

hybrid is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.