A hinny is a hybrid offspring of two species, a male horse and a female donkey.
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Hinny
//ˈhɪ.ni//
Synonyms for "hinny" (29 found)
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10 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- بغل noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- بغلة noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- بَغْل noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- بَغْلَة noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Asturian
4 entries- burreña noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- burreñu noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- mula noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- mulu noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Bulgarian
1 entries- катър noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Catalan
1 entries- mul somerí noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Central Atlas Tamazight
2 entries- ⴰⵙⵔⴷⵓⵏ noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- ⵜⴰⵙⵔⴷⵓⵏⵜ noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 駃騠 /𫘝𫘨 noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- 驢騾 /驴骡 noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Czech
1 entries- mezek noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Danish
2 entries- muldyr noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- mulæsel noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Dutch
1 entries- muilezel noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Esperanto
2 entries- azenĉevalo noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- hino noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Faroese
1 entries- múlesil noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Finnish
1 entries- muuliaasi noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
French
2 entries- bardeau noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- bardot noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
German
1 entries- Maulesel noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Greek
1 entries- γίννος noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Hungarian
1 entries- szamáröszvér noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Italian
1 entries- bardotto noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Japanese
2 entries- ケッテイ noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- 駃騠 noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Kalmyk
1 entries- лус noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Korean
1 entries- 비새 noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Latin
1 entries- hinnus noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Latvian
2 entries- zirgēzelis noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- zirgēzeļa noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Macedonian
1 entries- мазга noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Maltese
2 entries- bagħal noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- bagħla noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Polish
1 entries- osłomuł noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Portuguese
1 entries- bardoto noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Romanian
2 entries- bardou noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- catâr noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Russian
1 entries- лоша́к noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Slovene
1 entries- mezeg noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Spanish
1 entries- burdégano noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Tashelhit
2 entries- ⴰⵙⵔⴷⵓⵏ noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- ⵜⴰⵙⵔⴷⵓⵏⵜ noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Turkish
1 entries- bardo noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Ukrainian
2 entries- лоша́к noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- ослю́к noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bạch đôi noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- con la noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Volapük
1 entries- hinud noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Walloon
2 entries- moule noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
- moulet noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
West-Frisian
1 entries- mûldier noun (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)
Sample sentences
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A hinny is a cross between a male horse and a female donkey.
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The curer said nothing to the cowboy but went straight to the mule, or hinny, rather, being out of San's big jenny by Alder's white horse.
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`You will make a great diagnostician, nae doot, my hinny, but you need tae improve your bedside manner.'
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