yeti

See also: Yeti, yéti, and yètǐ

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/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈjɛ.ti/, [ˈjɛ.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -ɛti

Noun

yeti (plural yeti or yetis)

  1. (cryptozoology) an unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas
    Synonym: abominable snowman
    Coordinate terms: bigfoot, sasquatch, yowie, menk

Translations

Anagrams


Czech

Noun

yeti m

  1. yeti (unidentified animal)

Synonyms

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/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ye‧ti

Noun

yeti m (plural yeti's, diminutive yetietje n)

  1. (cryptozoology) yeti
    Synonym: verschrikkelijke sneeuwman

Italian

Noun

yeti m (invariable)

  1. yeti

Synonyms


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/

Noun

yeti m anim (indeclinable)

  1. yeti

Further reading

  • yeti in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

yeti m (plural yetis)

  1. (cryptozoology) yeti (unidentified humanoid of the Himalayas)

Synonyms


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): /ˈje.ti/

Noun

yeti m (genitive singular yetiho, nominative plural yetiovia, genitive plural yetiov, declension pattern of kuli)

  1. (cryptozoology) yeti

Declension

Synonyms

  • snežný človek m
  • snežný muž m

References

  • yeti in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟ͡ʝeti/, [ˈɟ͡ʝet̪i]

Noun

yeti m (plural yetis)

  1. yeti

Swedish

Noun

yeti c

  1. (cryptozoology) yeti

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jeti]
  • Hyphenation: ye‧ti

Noun

yeti (definite accusative yetiyi, plural yetiler)

  1. (cryptozoology) yeti
  2. (philosophy, psychology) faculty, skill

Declension

Inflection
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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.