sasquatch

See also: Sasquatch

English

Alternative forms

• Sasquatch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsæskwɒt͡ʃ/, /ˈsæskwæt͡ʃ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsæskwɑt͡ʃ/, /ˈsæskwæt͡ʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æskwɒt͡ʃ, -æskwæt͡ʃ
• Hyphenation: sas‧quatch

Noun

sasquatch (plural sasquatches)

1. (cryptozoology) A large hairy humanoid creature of western North America.

   Synonym: Bigfoot

Translations

a hairy humanoid creature

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: （北美）大腳野人／（北美）大脚野人 ((běiměi) dàjiǎo yěrén)

• Esperanto: saskvaĉo
• Finnish: isojalka (fi)
• French: sasquatch (fr) m
• German: Sasquatch (de) m
• Hungarian: szaszkvács, nagylábú
• Japanese: サスカッチ (Sasukatchi)
• Korean: 사스콰치 (saseukwachi)
• Russian: саскво́ч m (saskvóč), бигфу́т (ru) m (bigfút)
• Spanish: Sascuache m
• Swahili: Saskwachi class 9
• Turkish: kocaayak, yeti (tr), karakoncolos (tr)

See also

• abominable snowman
• menk
• yeti
• yowie