yeti
English
Etymology
From Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɛ.ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈjɛ.ti/, [ˈjɛ.ɾi]
- Rhymes: -ɛti
Noun
yeti (plural yeti or yetis)
- (cryptozoology) an unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas
- Synonym: abominable snowman
- Coordinate terms: bigfoot, sasquatch, yowie, menk
Translations
unidentified animal
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Czech
Synonyms
Dutch
Etymology
Probably borrowed from English yeti, from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjeː.ti/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ye‧ti
Noun
yeti m (plural yeti's, diminutive yetietje n)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonym: verschrikkelijke sneeuwman
Polish
Etymology
From Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɛ.ti/
Portuguese
Slovak
Etymology
From Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈje.ti/
Noun
yeti m (genitive singular yetiho, nominative plural yetiovia, genitive plural yetiov, declension pattern of kuli)
Declension
Synonyms
- snežný človek m
- snežný muž m
Swedish
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jeti]
- Hyphenation: ye‧ti
Noun
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