## Meanings
1. Something made by combining two different things.
2. Made by combining two different things.
3. A plant or animal produced from two different species or breeds.
4. Of a car, running on both fuel and electricity.

## Examples
- This music is a hybrid of jazz and rock.
- The course uses a hybrid mix of online and classroom teaching.
- A mule is a hybrid of a horse and a donkey.
- They bought a hybrid car to save money on petrol.

## Synonyms
- cross
- cross-breed
- melding
- mixling
- mongrel

## Derived Forms
- biohybrid
- cybrid
- dihybrid
- hybridal
- hybridase
- hybridicity
- hybriding
- hybridisation
- hybridise
- hybridism
- hybridist
- hybridity

## Related Forms
- cultivar
- hybrida
- transgenic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hybrida

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Hybrid comes 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 current use, the main senses are “Something made by combining two different things” and “Made by combining two different things”.

## Topics
- Animals
- Energy & Industry

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