Meanings
plural crossbreedings · alternative cross-breeding · alternative xbreeding
- countableuncountableThe process or the result of crossbreeding.
Synonyms: hybridization, interbreeding
alternative cross-breeding · alternative xbreeding
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of crossbreed
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process or the result of crossbreeding.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
nounreproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Indonesian persilangan
- persilanganprocess or result of crossbreeding
Malay pembiakbakaan kacuk, pengacukan
- pembiakbakaan kacukprocess or result of crossbreeding
- pengacukanprocess or result of crossbreeding
Polish krzyżowanie
- krzyżowanieprocess or result of crossbreeding
Portuguese cruzamento
- cruzamentoprocess or result of crossbreeding
Russian скре́щивание
- скре́щивание (skréščivanije)process or result of crossbreeding
Spanish cruce, cruza
- cruceprocess or result of crossbreeding
- cruzaprocess or result of crossbreeding
- cruzamientoprocess or result of crossbreeding
Ukrainian схре́щування, схре́щення
- схре́щування (sxréščuvannja)process or result of crossbreeding
- схре́щення (sxréščennja)process or result of crossbreeding
Cite this entry
crossbreeding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossbreeding
“crossbreeding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossbreeding. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crossbreeding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossbreeding.
Source: crossbreeding on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.