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crossbreed en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹɑːsˌbɹiːd/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin cruxbor. Old Irish crosbor. Old Norse krossbor. Old English cros Middle English cross Middle English cros- English cross- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰroh₁tús Proto-Germanic *brōduz Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną Proto-West Germanic *brōdijan Old English brēdan Middle English breden English breed English crossbreed From cross- + breed.

Meanings

  1. An organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.
    • When I ask about these dogs, they are described to me as the local mutts, mongrels, pavement specials, crossbreeds. 2001, Raymond Coppinger, Lorna Coppinger, Dogs, page 69:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
xbreed alternative lexicographic
crossbreeds Number=Plur lexicographic
cross-breed alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

designer crossbreed

crossbreed en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹɑːsˌbɹiːd/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin cruxbor. Old Irish crosbor. Old Norse krossbor. Old English cros Middle English cross Middle English cros- English cross- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰroh₁tús Proto-Germanic *brōduz Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną Proto-West Germanic *brōdijan Old English brēdan Middle English breden English breed English crossbreed From cross- + breed.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.
    • Recalling the crossbreeding of the lakeside daisy, he insists, "If we hadn't polluted that population with Ohio plants it might have vanished. 1988 April 15, James Krohe Jr., “Where Has All the Flora Gone?”, in Chicago Reader:
  2. (intransitive) To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
  3. (transitive) To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
crossbred Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
crossbred Tense=Past lexicographic
cross-breed alternative lexicographic
crossbreeds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
crossbreeding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
xbreed alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

crossbreeder

Translations (17)

cy croesfridio (hybridize) · es cruzar (hybridize) · mn эрлийзжүүлэх (hybridize) · vi lai (hybridize) · de kreuzen (hybridize) · ga crosphóraigh (hybridize) · eo krucbredi (hybridize) · pl skrzyżować (hybridize) · pt mestiçar (hybridize) · pt cruzar (hybridize) · pl krzyżować (hybridize) · fi risteyttää (hybridize) · gl cruzar (hybridize) · sv korsa (hybridize) · cs zkřížit (hybridize) · bg кръстосвам (hybridize) · cs křížit (hybridize)