thoroughbred

See also: Thoroughbred

English

Etymology

thorough +‎ bred

Adjective

thoroughbred (comparative more thoroughbred, superlative most thoroughbred)

Bred from pure stock.
Well-bred and properly educated.

Translations

bred from pure stock

Japanese: サラブレッド (ja) (sarabureddo)
Maori: horomata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fullblods

Nynorsk: fullblods

Russian: чистокро́вный (ru) (čistokróvnyj), чистопоро́дный (ru) (čistoporódnyj)
Spanish: purasangre

Noun

thoroughbred (plural thoroughbreds)

A horse of a breed derived from crosses between Arabian stallions and English mares, bred for racing. (usually capitalized: Thoroughbred.)
(nonstandard, loosely) Any purebred horse.
A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).
That athlete is a real thoroughbred.
A well-bred person.

Translations

thoroughbred horse (breed)

Irish: capall ardfhola m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fullblodshest m

Nynorsk: fullblodshest m

Spanish: purasangre

References

thoroughbred on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
thoroughbred at OneLook Dictionary Search
thoroughbred in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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