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abominable snowman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩ ˈsnoʊ.mæn/ (US)
• /əˈbɑm.nə.bl̩ ˈsnoʊ.mæn/ (US)

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”).

Meanings

1. (capitalized, often) A humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas.
   • The Abominable Snowman – existing and not existing, flickering at the edges of blizzards, apelike man or manlike ape, stealthy, elusive, known only through rumours and through its backward-pointing footprints. 2003, Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake, Virago Press (2013), page 8:

Forms

Relateds

sasquatch · yeti · menk · yowie · Bigfoot

Synonyms

yeti

Translations (27)

nl yeti (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · eo jetio (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · sh jeti (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · ro omul zăpezilor (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · bg йети (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · de Yeti (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · hu jeti (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · ja イエティ (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · pt abominável homem das neves (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · it abominevole uomo delle nevi (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · es abominable humanoide nival (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · es abominable homínido níveo (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · fr yéti (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · sah чучунаа (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · cmn 雪人 (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · is snjómaður (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · nl verschrikkelijke sneeuwman (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · fi lumimies (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · de Schneemensch (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · ja 雪男 (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · sh strašni snježni čovjek (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · pl człowiek śniegu (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · mi kōwao puaheiri (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · ru сне́жный челове́к (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · fr abominable homme des neiges (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · es abominable hombre de las nieves (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) · ru йе́ти (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas)