abominable snowman

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩ ˈsnoʊ.mæn/, /əˈbɑm.nə.bl̩ ˈsnoʊ.mæn/

Noun

abominable snowman (plural abominable snowmen)

(cryptozoology, often capitalized) A humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas.

Synonyms

yeti

Translations

humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas

Bulgarian: йети m (jeti)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雪人 (zh) (xuěrén)
Dutch: verschrikkelijke sneeuwman m, yeti (nl) m
Esperanto: jetio
Finnish: lumimies (fi)
French: abominable homme des neiges (fr) m, yéti (fr) m
German: Yeti (de) m, Schneemensch (de) m
Hungarian: jeti (hu)
Icelandic: snjómaður m
Italian: abominevole uomo delle nevi m
Japanese: 雪男 (ゆきおとこ, yukiotoko), イエティ (ieti)
Polish: człowiek śniegu (pl) m
Portuguese: abominável homem das neves m
Romanian: omul zăpezilor m
Russian: сне́жный челове́к (ru) m (snéžnyj čelovék), йе́ти (ru) m (jéti)
Serbo-Croatian: strašni snježni čovjek, jeti (sh) m
Spanish: abominable hombre de las nieves m
Yakut: чучунаа (çuçunaa)