yeti
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yeti
- /ˈjɛ.ti/
- /ˈjɛ.ti/ US
- [ˈjɛ.ɾi] US
Rhymes with -ɛti
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “wildman, yeti”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “dirt, rust, slate”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”). Attested since 1937.
noun yeti · yetis
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An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.
The Sherpas had no hesitation in pronouncing them to be those of a Snowman or "Yeti" (not "mirka" as Mr.Smythe's Tibetans had it), and they thought he was the smaller man-eating variety and not his larger yak-eating brother.[…]They may even have been our friend ursus arctoc pruinosus, but they were
Similar: abominable snowman
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: abominable snowman, bigfoot, creature, menk, cryptid, yakin, yahoo, yale, onza, serpent-eater, mountain sheep, ibex, ghost deer, adlet, yowie, izard
Translations
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noun unidentified animal
| 한국어 | 예티 yeti |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | イエティー ietī, 野人 yajin |
| 中文 | 雪人 xuěrén, 野人 yěrén |
| Português | iéti, abominável homem das neves |
| Français | yéti |
| Deutsch | Yeti, Schneemensch |
| Italiano | yeti |
| Русский | йе́ти jjéti, сне́жный челове́к snéžnyj čelovék, бигфу́т bigfút |
| Tiếng Việt | người tuyết |
| العربية | يَتِي yatī |
| עברית | יטי |
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