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/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (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
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Anagrams
- -iety, yite
Anguthimri
Noun
yeti
- (Mpakwithi) bird
References
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189
Czech
Alternative forms
- yetti
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjɛtɪ]
- Hyphenation: ye‧ti
Noun
yeti m anim
- (cryptozoology) yeti
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | yeti | yetiové, yeti |
genitive | yetiho | yetiů, yetich |
dative | yetimu | yetiům, yetim |
accusative | yetiho | yetie, yeti |
vocative | yeti | yetiové, yeti |
locative | yetim | yetiích, yetich |
instrumental | yetim | yetii, yetimi |
Synonyms
- sněžný muž
Further reading
- yeti in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
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
Indonesian
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): [ˈjɛti]
- Hyphenation: yè‧ti
Noun
yèti (first-person possessive yetiku, second-person possessive yetimu, third-person possessive yetinya)
- yeti: An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.
Further reading
- “yeti” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Noun
yeti m (invariable)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonym: abominevole uomo delle nevi
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/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛti
- Syllabification: ye‧ti
Noun
yeti m anim (indeclinable)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonym: człowiek śniegu
Further reading
- yeti in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- yeti in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- iéti, ieti, yéti
Noun
yeti m (plural yetis)
- (cryptozoology) yeti (unidentified humanoid of the Himalayas)
- Synonym: abominável homem das neves
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French yéti.
Noun
yeti m (plural yeti)
- yeti, abominable snowman
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) yeti | yetiul | (niște) yeti | yetii |
genitive/dative | (unui) yeti | yetiului | (unor) yeti | yetilor |
vocative | yetiule | yetilor |
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): [ˈjeti]
Noun
yeti m (genitive singular yetiho, nominative plural yetiovia, genitive plural yetiov, declension pattern of kuli)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | yeti | yetiovia |
genitive | yetiho | yetiov |
dative | yetimu | yetiom |
accusative | yetiho | yetiov |
locative | yetim | yetioch |
instrumental | yetim | yetiami |
Synonyms
- snežný človek m
- snežný muž m
References
- yeti in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝeti/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.t̪i]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃeti/ [ˈʃe.t̪i]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒeti/ [ˈʒe.t̪i]
- Rhymes: -eti
- Syllabification: ye‧ti
Noun
yeti m (plural yetis)
- (folklore) yeti
Further reading
- “yeti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | yeti | |
Definite accusative | yetiyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | yeti | yetiler |
Definite accusative | yetiyi | yetileri |
Dative | yetiye | yetilere |
Locative | yetide | yetilerde |
Ablative | yetiden | yetilerden |
Genitive | yetinin | yetilerin |