"Bigfoot" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈbɪɡˌfʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bigfoot.wav [Southern-England], en-us-Bigfoot.ogg [US]
Etymology: August/September 1958, originally Big Foot, big + foot, relating to the large size of its supposed footprints relative to human footprints. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|big|foot}} big + foot Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bigfoot
  1. (US, Canada, cryptozoology, folklore) A very large, hairy, humanoid creature, similar to the yeti, said to live in the wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Cryptozoology, Folklore Synonyms: Sasquatch, North American Wood Ape Derived forms: Bigfootologist, Bigfootology Translations (unidentified yeti-like animal (individual creature)): بيغ فوت (bīg fut) (Arabic), Oin Handi (Basque), Peus grans [masculine] (Catalan), 大脚野人 (dàjiǎo yěrén) (Chinese Mandarin), Bigfoot [common-gender] (Danish), Bigfoot [masculine] (Dutch), Isojalka (Finnish), Bigfoot (French), Bigfoot [masculine] (German), Nagylábú (Hungarian), Bigfoot (Italian), ビッグフット (Biggufutto) (Japanese), ヒバゴン (Japanese), 빅풋 (bikput) (Korean), Bigfoot (Norwegian), Wielka Stopa [feminine] (Polish), Pé-Grande [masculine] (Portuguese), Pie Grande [masculine] (Spanish), Storfot [common-gender] (Swedish), Bigfoot [common-gender] (Swedish), บิ๊กฟุต (bíkfút) (Thai), Kocaayak [calque] (Turkish), Troedfawr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Bigfoot-en-name-Fdfiu5zp Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 23 12 Topics: arts, biology, cryptozoology, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, natural-sciences, publishing, sciences, zoology

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɪɡˌfʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bigfoot.wav [Southern-England], en-us-Bigfoot.ogg [US] Forms: Bigfoot [plural], Bigfeet [plural], Bigfoots [plural]
Etymology: August/September 1958, originally Big Foot, big + foot, relating to the large size of its supposed footprints relative to human footprints. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|big|foot}} big + foot Head templates: {{en-noun|Bigfoot|Bigfeet|s}} Bigfoot (plural Bigfoot or Bigfeet or Bigfoots)
  1. (US, Canada, cryptozoology, folklore) Bigfoot as a species, as opposed to an individual creature. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Cryptozoology, Folklore Related terms: abominable snowman, menk, skunk ape, swamp ape, yeti, yowie Translations (unidentified yeti-like animal (species)): saskvaĉo (Esperanto), gruagach [masculine] (Irish), би́гфут (bígfut) [masculine] (Macedonian), pé-grande [masculine] (Portuguese), бигфу́т (bigfút) [masculine] (Russian), yeti (Turkish), karakoncolos (Turkish), germakoçi (Turkish)

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɪɡˌfʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bigfoot.wav [Southern-England], en-us-Bigfoot.ogg [US] Forms: Bigfoots [present, singular, third-person], Bigfooting [participle, present], Bigfooted [participle, past], Bigfooted [past]
Etymology: August/September 1958, originally Big Foot, big + foot, relating to the large size of its supposed footprints relative to human footprints. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|big|foot}} big + foot Head templates: {{en-verb}} Bigfoot (third-person singular simple present Bigfoots, present participle Bigfooting, simple past and past participle Bigfooted)
  1. Alternative spelling of bigfoot Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bigfoot Synonyms: Big Foot, bigfoot
    Sense id: en-Bigfoot-en-verb--ncBt~d1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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