abominable snowman
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abominable snowman
- /əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩ ˈsnoʊ.mæn/ US
- /əˈbɑm.nə.bl̩ ˈsnoʊ.mæn/ US
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First attested in 1921. Calque of Tibetan མི་སྡུག་གངས་མི (mi sdug gangs mi), from མི་སྡུག (mi sdug, “repulsive, unlovely, ugly, hideous”) and གངས་མི (gangs mi, “snowman”).
noun abominable snowmen
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A humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas.
The Abominable Snowman – existing and not existing, flickering at the edges of blizzards, apelike man or manlike ape, stealthy, elusive, known only through rumours and through its backward-pointing footprints.
Similar: yeti
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noun humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas
| Español | abominable hombre de las nieves, abominable humanoide nival, abominable homínido níveo |
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| 日本語 | 雪男 yukiotoko, イエティ ieti |
| 中文 | 雪人 xuěrén |
| Português | abominável homem das neves |
| Français | abominable homme des neiges, yéti |
| Deutsch | Yeti, Schneemensch |
| Italiano | abominevole uomo delle nevi |
| Română | omul zăpezilor |
| Русский | сне́жный челове́к snéžnyj čelovék, йе́ти jjéti |
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