different between yeti vs snowman

English

Etymology

From Tibetan ???????? (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of ??? (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and ???? (dred, “bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?j?.ti/, [?j?.?i]
• Rhymes: -?ti

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

• -iety, yite

Anguthimri

Noun

yeti

1. (Mpakwithi) bird

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189

Czech

Alternative forms

• yetti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?j?t?]
• Hyphenation: ye?ti

Noun

yeti m anim

1. (cryptozoology) yeti

Declension

Synonyms

• sn?žný muž

Further reading

• yeti in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English yeti, from Tibetan ???????? (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of ??? (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and ???? (dred, “bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?je?.ti/
• Hyphenation: ye?ti

Noun

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

1. (cryptozoology) yeti

   Synonym: verschrikkelijke sneeuwman

Italian

Noun

yeti m (invariable)

1. (cryptozoology) yeti

   Synonym: abominevole uomo delle nevi

Polish

Etymology

From Tibetan ???????? (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of ??? (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and ???? (dred, “bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?.ti/

Noun

yeti m anim (indeclinable)

1. (cryptozoology) yeti

Further reading

• yeti in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• yeti in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• iéti, ieti, yéti

Noun

yeti m (plural yetis)

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

   Synonym: abominável homem das neves

Slovak

Etymology

From Tibetan ???????? (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of ??? (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and ???? (dred, “bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?je.ti/

Noun

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

1. (cryptozoology) yeti

Declension

Synonyms

• snežný ?lovek m
• snežný muž m

References

• yeti in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

yeti m (plural yetis)

1. (folklore) 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

English

Etymology

snow +? -man. A snowman (when built from two balls) resembles an 8.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sn??.mæn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sno?.mæn/

Noun

snowman (plural snowmen)

1. A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).
2. (baseball, golf) A score of eight, especially within one inning (in baseball) or on one hole (in golf, where it is also known as dogballs).
3. (slang) A playing card with the rank of eight.
4. An attractive but heartless man.

   Coordinate term: ice queen

Hypernyms

• snow figure, snowperson

Derived terms

• abominable snowman
• snowmanness
• snowman sign

Related terms

• snow angel

Translations

See also

• iceman
• ?

References

• Michael Wiesenberg (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker?^[3], MGI/Mike Caro University, ?ISBN