abominable snowman
A humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the HimalayasA humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas.
» I heard that they found the footprints of an abominable snowman in the Himalayas.
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1 senses(capitalized, often)A humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas.
Yeti, Schneemensch
сне́жный челове́кsnéžnyj čelovék, йе́тиjjéti
a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas
Examples
6 sentencesI heard that they found the footprints of an abominable snowman in the Himalayas.
I heard that footprints of an abominable snowman have been discovered in the Himalayas.
I heard that footprints of an abominable snowman were found in the Himalayan mountains.
ruСлышал, что следы жуткого снежного человека были найдены в горах Гималая. — astyng
I heard that they discovered the footprints of an abominable snowman in the Himalayan mountains.
Why is a yeti called "the abominable snowman" if he's neither a man nor abominable?
Translations
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Origin
First attested in 1921. Calque of Tibetan མི་སྡུག་གངས་མི (mi sdug gangs mi), from མི་སྡུགFirst 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”).
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Forms
plural: abominable snowmen| Singular | abominable snowman |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular