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ye·ti

 (yĕt′ē)
n. pl. ye·tis

[Of Tibetan dialectal (Sherpa) origin; equivalent to written Tibetan g.ya' dred : g.ya', high rocky place + dred, bear.]
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yeti

(ˈjɛtɪ)
n
(Non-European Myth & Legend) another term for abominable snowman
[C20: from Tibetan]
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yet•i

(ˈyɛt i)

n., pl. yet•is. (sometimes cap.)
a large, hairy, humanoid creature reputed to inhabit the Himalayas.
[1950–55; < Sherpa]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.yeti - a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayasyeti - a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas
legendary creature - a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual
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Translations
jetilumimies
yétiabominable homme des neiges
jeti
イエティー
yeti
jetiyeti

yeti

[ˈjetɪ] Nyeti m
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yeti

nYeti m, → Schneemensch m
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yeti

[ˈjɛtɪ] nyeti m inv
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The Yeti leaped from fiction to the front pages the same day that the Election Commission was deciding whether or not Prime Minister Narendra Modi had violated the "model code of conduct" with his questions about Congress president Rahul Gandhi's choice of Wayanad in Kerala for contesting.
He was the first to spot the mysterious beast Yeti. Time to re-read Tintin In Tibet.
The Indian Army's official Twitter handle posted a picture claiming to be Yeti tracks in snow.
With Yeti & The Fox you can now drink, have fun and also feel normal the next day; to perform at work, go to the gym, play sport, take the kids to football, see friends, or simply just wake up feeling normal.
When Migo encounters the terrified human pilot of a crash-landed plane and excitedly reports the existence of a smallfoot, the Stonekeeper banishes him for challenging the veracity of sacred runes, which are the foundation of Yeti life.
On Monday afternoon, for example, Bryan Atkinson unloaded a Yeti cooler from the bed of a truck parked on a dirt road in the middle of a South Carolina field.
All the remnants, collected from the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau, were claimed to be evidence for the existence of the Abominable Snowman or Yeti.
Skoda are replacing the funky and exceedingly practical Yeti with the Karoq - which means, once these cars are gone, they are well and truly gone.