Standard Lemma guide

yeti

noun · 2 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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  • /ˈjɛ.ti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈjɛ.ti/
  • US: [ˈjɛ.ɾi]
  • rhymes with -ɛti
  • CMU ARPABET: Y EH1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cryptozoology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abominable snowman

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abominable snowman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legendary creature

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: يَتِي (yatī) — unidentified animal
  • Bulgarian: йети (jeti) — unidentified animal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雪人 (xuěrén) — unidentified animal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 野人 (yěrén) — unidentified animal
  • Czech: yeti — unidentified animal
  • Czech: sněžný muž — unidentified animal
  • Dutch: yeti — unidentified animal
  • Dzongkha: མི་རྒོད (mi rgod) — unidentified animal
  • Esperanto: jetio — unidentified animal
  • Finnish: lumimies — unidentified animal
  • Finnish: jeti — unidentified animal
  • French: yéti — unidentified animal
  • Georgian: იეტი (ieṭi) — unidentified animal
  • Georgian: თოვლის კაცი (tovlis ḳaci) — unidentified animal
  • German: Yeti — unidentified animal
  • German: Schneemensch — unidentified animal
  • Hebrew: יטי — unidentified animal
  • Hungarian: jeti — unidentified animal
  • Indonesian: yeti — unidentified animal
  • Italian: yeti — unidentified animal
  • Japanese: イエティー (ietī) — unidentified animal
  • Japanese: 野人 (yajin) — unidentified animal
  • Korean: 예티 (yeti) — unidentified animal
  • Macedonian: је́ти (jéti) — unidentified animal
  • Macedonian: сне́жен чо́век (snéžen čóvek) — unidentified animal
  • Mongolian: алмас (almas) — unidentified animal
  • Mongolian: цасны хүн (casny xün) — unidentified animal
  • Mongolian: мигү (migü) — unidentified animal
  • Nepali: हिममानव (himmānav) — unidentified animal
  • Persian: یتی — unidentified animal
  • Polish: yeti — unidentified animal
  • Portuguese: iéti — unidentified animal
  • Portuguese: abominável homem das neves — unidentified animal
  • Russian: йе́ти (jjéti) — unidentified animal
  • Russian: сне́жный челове́к (snéžnyj čelovék) — unidentified animal
  • Russian: бигфу́т (bigfút) — unidentified animal
  • Slovak: yeti — unidentified animal
  • Swedish: yeti — unidentified animal
  • Swedish: jeti — unidentified animal
  • Swedish: snöman — unidentified animal
  • Thai: เยติ (yaydtì) — unidentified animal
  • Tibetan: མི་རྒོད (mi rgod) — unidentified animal
  • Ukrainian: йє́ті (jjéti) — unidentified animal
  • Ukrainian: є́ті (jéti) — unidentified animal
  • Ukrainian: снігова́ люди́на (snihová ljudýna) — unidentified animal
  • Vietnamese: người tuyết — unidentified animal
  • Yakut: чучунаа (čučunaa) — unidentified animal