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sasquatch

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsæskwɒt͡ʃ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsæskwæt͡ʃ/
  • General-American: /ˈsæskwɑt͡ʃ/
  • General-American: /ˈsæskwæt͡ʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æskwɒt͡ʃ
  • rhymes with -æskwæt͡ʃ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A large hairy humanoid creature of western North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cryptozoology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bigfoot

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of sasquatch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bigfoot

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legendary creature

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Halkomelem sásq’ets (“hairy man”).

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: (北美)大腳野人 /(北美)大脚野人 — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Chinook Jargon: tʼsiyatkhu — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Esperanto: saskvaĉo — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Finnish: isojalka — a hairy humanoid creature
  • French: sasquatch — a hairy humanoid creature
  • German: Sasquatch — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Hungarian: szaszkvács — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Hungarian: nagylábú — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Icelandic: Stórfótur — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Japanese: サスカッチ (Sasukatchi) — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Korean: 사스콰치 (saseukwachi) — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Polish: Sasquatch — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Russian: саскво́ч (saskvóč) — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Russian: бигфу́т (bigfút) — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Spanish: Sascuache — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Swahili: Saskwachi — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Turkish: kocaayak — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Turkish: yeti — a hairy humanoid creature
  • Turkish: karakoncolos — a hairy humanoid creature
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