different between yeti vs yett

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 1

Noun

yett (plural yetts)

1. (Scotland, Tyneside) Gate.
   • 2015, Douglas Nicholas, Throne of Darkness, page 126,

     The outer yett was closed, and a torch burned in a socket set in the gatehouse wall beside the archway. A guard stepped up, peered through the yett at Guillaume, and nodded to someone off to the side.

Etymology 2

Adverb

yett (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of yet
   • 1608, Kalenders of the Starre Chamber, extract republished 1840, J. Payne Collier (editor), Lord Bacon and the Star Chamber, in The Egerton papers: A collection of public and private documents, chiefly illustrative of the times of Elizabeth and James I, from the original documents, page 431,

     So when the L. Chauncellor or Keeper passeth anie patent by imediate warrant, yett the fees of the Clerke of the Seale and Signett are ordered to be awnswered, and yett theie doe noething for them.

References

• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]

Anagrams

• tyet

Scots

Etymology

From English yate, obsolete form of gate.

Noun

yett (plural yetts)

1. gate
   • 1983, William L. Lorimer (translator), John's Gospel: 10, 1-2, The New Testament In Scots, page 179,

     Trowth an atweill, I tell ye, onie-ane at comesna intil the bucht at the yett, but sclims in somegate else, is a thief an a reiver. The man at comes in bi the yett is the shepherd o the hirsel.