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 ==== ==== See also ==== Bigfoot menk sasquatch yeti yowie