yeti

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “wildman, yeti”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “dirt, rust, slate”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”). Attested since 1937. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjɛ.ti/ (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 ==== → Portuguese: iéti ==== Translations ==== === 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 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/ 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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “yeti”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) yeti in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Noun === yeti m (plural yetis) alternative form of iéti === Further reading === “yeti”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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 === IPA(key): /jeti/, [ˈjeti] Rhymes: -eti Hyphenation: ye‧ti === 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, 2003–2026 == 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == 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 ====