adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/
US:/ˈmɑŋ.ɡɹəl/
US:/ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/
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rhymes with -ʌŋɡɹəl
rhymes with -ɑŋɡɹəl
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
English spelling is often regarded as confusing and unpredictable due to the mongrel nature of that language.
a mongrel dog
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Anything of mixed kind.
A dog with a lineage of two or more breeds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, often
Examples
That dog is a mongrel; who knows what breed it could be!
derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bastard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: variation
History
Etymology
From Middle English mongrel, equivalent to mong (“mixture”) + -rel (pejorative diminutive); from Old English ġemang (“mingling”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- (“mix; mixture”).
Across languages
Translations
87 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Ido:
mestica
— Translations
Ido:
hibrida
— Translations
Polish:
bastardowy
— Translations
Arabic:
هَجِين
(hajīn)
— someone of mixed kind
Bulgarian:
мелез
(melez)
— someone of mixed kind
Catalan:
bastard
— someone of mixed kind
Chinese Mandarin:
雜種 /杂种
(zázhǒng)
— someone of mixed kind
Chinese Mandarin:
混血兒 /混血儿
(hùnxuèr)
— someone of mixed kind
Danish:
køter
— someone of mixed kind
Dutch:
bastaard
— someone of mixed kind
Dutch:
vuilnisbakkenras
— someone of mixed kind
Dutch:
mormel
— someone of mixed kind
Esperanto:
senrasa
— someone of mixed kind
Finnish:
rakki
— someone of mixed kind
Finnish:
piski
— someone of mixed kind
Finnish:
sekasikiö
— someone of mixed kind
French:
bâtard
— someone of mixed kind
French:
corniaud
— someone of mixed kind
French:
métis
— someone of mixed kind
French:
métisse
— someone of mixed kind
Galician:
can de palleiro
— someone of mixed kind
German:
Mischling
— someone of mixed kind
German:
Mischlingshund
— someone of mixed kind
German:
Promenadenmischung
— someone of mixed kind
German:
Kreuzung
— someone of mixed kind
German:
Bastard
— someone of mixed kind
German:
Straßenköter
— someone of mixed kind
Greek:
μιξογενής
(mixogenís)
— someone of mixed kind
Greek:
μιγάς
(migás)
— someone of mixed kind
Hebrew:
מְעֹרָב
(m'oráv)
— someone of mixed kind
Hindi:
दोग़ला
(doġlā)
— someone of mixed kind
Hungarian:
keverék
— someone of mixed kind
Hungarian:
korcs
— someone of mixed kind
Ido:
hibrido
— someone of mixed kind
Irish:
crosanta
— someone of mixed kind
Italian:
bastardo
— someone of mixed kind
Italian:
bastardino
— someone of mixed kind
Japanese:
雑種
(zasshu)
— someone of mixed kind
Japanese:
ハーフ
(hāfu)
— someone of mixed kind
Japanese:
混血児
(konketsuji)
— someone of mixed kind
Latin:
hibrida
— someone of mixed kind
Macedonian:
мелез
(melez)
— someone of mixed kind
Macedonian:
џуке́ла
(džukéla)
— someone of mixed kind
Macedonian:
лангач
(langač)
— someone of mixed kind
Māori:
peropero
— someone of mixed kind
Māori:
kurī peropero
— someone of mixed kind
Māori:
mangarū
— someone of mixed kind
Norwegian Bokmål:
kjøter
— someone of mixed kind
Norwegian Nynorsk:
kjøter
— someone of mixed kind
Polish:
kundel
— someone of mixed kind
Polish:
mieszaniec
— someone of mixed kind
Portuguese:
vira-lata
— someone of mixed kind
Portuguese:
rafeiro
— someone of mixed kind
Romanian:
corcitură
— someone of mixed kind
Russian:
дворня́га
(dvornjága)
— someone of mixed kind
Russian:
дворня́жка
(dvornjážka)
— someone of mixed kind
Russian:
мети́с
(metís)
— someone of mixed kind
Russian:
мети́ска
(metíska)
— someone of mixed kind
Russian:
полукро́вка
(polukróvka)
— someone of mixed kind
