Speakur

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abominable snowman

/əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩ ˈsnoʊ.mæn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
abom-inable s-now-man
IPA
/əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩ ˈsnoʊ.mæn/
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas.

Example Sentences

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”).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩ ˈsnoʊ.mæn/

Inflected Forms

abominable snowmen (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Bigfoot menk sasquatch yeti yowie

Synonyms

yeti

Questions

How do you pronounce abominable snowman?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩ ˈsnoʊ.mæn/.
What does abominable snowman mean?
A humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas.
Where does abominable snowman come from?
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”).

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