Definitions and meaning of yeti
yeti
English
Etymology
Borrowed 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/
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- (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
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Anagrams
Anguthimri
Noun
yeti
- (Mpakwithi) bird
References
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189
Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjɛtɪ]
- Hyphenation: ye‧ti
Noun
yeti m anim
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonym: sněžný muž
Declension
Further reading
- “yeti”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
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/
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- Hyphenation: ye‧ti
Noun
yeti m (plural yeti's, diminutive yetietje n)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonym: verschrikkelijke sneeuwman
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /jəˈti/ [jəˈt̪i]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ye‧ti
Noun
yéti (plural yeti-yeti)
- (cryptozoology) yeti (an unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas)
Further reading
- “yeti” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Noun
yeti m (invariable)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonym: abominevole uomo delle nevi
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English yeti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɛ.ti/
-
- Rhymes: -ɛti
- Syllabification: ye‧ti
Noun
yeti m animal (indeclinable)
- (cryptozoology) yeti, abominable snowman (unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas)
- Synonym: człowiek śniegu
Further reading
- yeti in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- yeti in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- yeti in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese
Noun
yeti m (plural yetis)
- Alternative form of iéti
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French yéti.
Noun
yeti m (plural yeti)
- yeti, abominable snowman
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
yeti m pers
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonyms: snežný človek m, snežný muž m
Declension
Further reading
- “yeti”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eti
- Syllabification: ye‧ti
Noun
yeti m (plural yetis)
- (folklore) yeti
Further reading
- “yeti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Swedish
Noun
yeti c
- (cryptozoology) yeti
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jeti]
- Hyphenation: ye‧ti
Noun
yeti (definite accusative yetiyi, plural yetiler)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- (philosophy, psychology) faculty, skill
Declension
Source: wiktionary.org