How to say "hybrid" in Japanese

• ハイブリッドCommon
  no-adjectiveThe loanword, for 'hybrid' in general and technical senses: something combining two different elements, such as a car powered by both an engine and an electric motor. For crossbred animals, use 雑種.
  再使用さいしよう型がた有翼ゆうよくハイブリッドロケットシステムの基本設計きほんせっけいと飛行ひこう性能せいのう予測よそく。↗

  Baseline design and flight capability predictions for reusable winged hybrid rocket system.
• 雑種ざっしゅCommon
  nounThe biological sense: an animal or plant produced by crossing different species, breeds or varieties; it also covers a mongrel, and is not the word for hybrid technology.
  ヨーロッパは強力きょうりょくな雑種ざっしゅ民族みんぞく大陸たいりくである。↗

  Europe is a continent of energetic peoples.

Use the loanword 「ハイブリッド」 for hybrids in general, especially in technology, and 雑種 for the biological sense: an animal or plant produced by crossing different species, breeds or varieties.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• ハイブリッドhybrid
• 雑種ざっしゅhybrid
• 交雑種こうざつしゅhybrid
• 混成物こんせいぶつmixture
• 交配種こうはいしゅcrossbreed
• 間の子あいのこperson of mixed parentage
• 種変わりたねがわりdifferent strain