Yak

//jæk//

Synonyms for "yak" (168 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (50)

Related words (84)

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9 relation types

Translations

129 translations across 74 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • յակ noun (ox-like mammal)

Assamese

2 entries
  • চুঁৱৰী গাই noun (ox-like mammal)
  • চুঁৱৰী পহু noun (ox-like mammal)

Asturian

1 entries
  • yac noun (ox-like mammal)

Bengali

1 entries
  • চমরী গাই noun (ox-like mammal)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • тибетски як noun (ox-like mammal)
  • як noun (ox-like mammal)

Burmese

2 entries
  • စာမရီ noun (ox-like mammal)
  • အောင်း noun (ox-like mammal)

Buryat

1 entries
  • һарлаг noun (ox-like mammal)

Catalan

1 entries
  • iac noun (ox-like mammal)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᏩᎧ noun (ox-like mammal)
  • ᏯᎩ ᏩᎧ noun (ox-like mammal)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 牦牛 noun (ox-like mammal)

Czech

4 entries
  • jak noun (ox-like mammal)
  • žvást noun (informal, persistent talk, chattering)
  • kecat verb (talk informally, persistently)
  • tlachat verb (talk informally, persistently)

Danish

2 entries
  • yak noun (ox-like mammal)
  • yakokse noun (ox-like mammal)

Dongxiang

1 entries
  • maoniu fugie noun (ox-like mammal)

Dutch

4 entries
  • braaksel noun (vomit)
  • getater noun (informal, persistent talk, chattering)
  • jak noun (ox-like mammal)
  • kots noun (vomit)

Dzongkha

1 entries
  • གཡག noun (ox-like mammal)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • gjako noun (ox-like mammal)
  • gruntbovo noun (ox-like mammal)
  • poefago noun (ox-like mammal)

Faroese

1 entries
  • jakkoksi noun (ox-like mammal)

Finnish

4 entries
  • jakki noun (ox-like mammal)
  • juttelu noun (informal, persistent talk, chattering)
  • jäkätys noun (informal, persistent talk, chattering)
  • yrjö noun (vomit)

French

3 entries
  • yack noun (ox-like mammal)
  • yak noun (ox-like mammal)
  • jacasser verb (talk informally, persistently)

Georgian

1 entries
  • იაკი noun (ox-like mammal)

German

4 entries
  • Jak noun (ox-like mammal)
  • Yak noun (ox-like mammal)
  • kotzen verb (vomit)
  • quasseln verb (talk informally, persistently)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • ચમરી ગાય noun (ox-like mammal)
  • યાક noun (ox-like mammal)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • יאק noun (ox-like mammal)

Hindi

2 entries
  • चमरी गाय noun (ox-like mammal)
  • याक noun (ox-like mammal)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • jak noun (ox-like mammal)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • jakuxi noun (ox-like mammal)

Ido

1 entries
  • yako noun (ox-like mammal)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • yak noun (ox-like mammal)

Irish

1 entries
  • geac noun (ox-like mammal)

Italian

3 entries
  • poefago noun (ox-like mammal)
  • yak noun (ox-like mammal)
  • chiacchierare verb (talk informally, persistently)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ヤク noun (ox-like mammal)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • сарлг noun (ox-like mammal)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қодас noun (ox-like mammal)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ចាមរី noun (ox-like mammal)

Korean

1 entries
  • 야크 noun (ox-like mammal)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • топоз noun (ox-like mammal)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • јак noun (ox-like mammal)

Malay

1 entries
  • yak noun (ox-like mammal)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • യാക്ക noun (ox-like mammal)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠰᠠᡵᠯᡠᡴ noun (ox-like mammal)

Manx

1 entries
  • yak noun (ox-like mammal)

Marathi

1 entries
  • याक noun (ox-like mammal)

Mongghul

1 entries
  • hiinog noun (ox-like mammal)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • сарлаг noun (ox-like mammal)

Nepali

2 entries
  • चौरी noun (ox-like mammal)
  • याक noun (ox-like mammal)

Newar

1 entries
  • च्वाम्वःसा noun (ox-like mammal)

Occitan

1 entries
  • iac noun (ox-like mammal)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • дзугун noun (ox-like mammal)

Pali

1 entries
  • camarī noun (ox-like mammal)

Persian

1 entries
  • غژگاو noun (ox-like mammal)

Polish

4 entries
  • jak noun (ox-like mammal)
  • paplanina noun (informal, persistent talk, chattering)
  • rzygi noun (vomit)
  • bajczyć verb (talk informally, persistently)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • iaque noun (ox-like mammal)

Puniabi

1 entries
  • ਯਾਕ noun (ox-like mammal)

Romanian

1 entries
  • iac noun (ox-like mammal)

Russian

1 entries
  • як noun (ox-like mammal)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • चमर noun (ox-like mammal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • jak noun (ox-like mammal)
  • rigotina noun (vomit)
  • blebetati verb (talk informally, persistently)
  • rigati verb (vomit)

Slovak

1 entries
  • jak noun (ox-like mammal)

Slovene

1 entries
  • jak noun (ox-like mammal)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • сарлык noun (ox-like mammal)

Spanish

2 entries
  • yac noun (ox-like mammal)
  • yak noun (ox-like mammal)

Swedish

1 entries
  • jak noun (ox-like mammal)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • yak noun (ox-like mammal)

Tajik

2 entries
  • ғажгов noun (ox-like mammal)
  • қутос noun (ox-like mammal)

Tatar

1 entries
  • кутаз noun (ox-like mammal)

Telugu

1 entries
  • జడలబర్రె noun (ox-like mammal)

Thai

1 entries
  • จามรี noun (ox-like mammal)

Tibetan

4 entries
  • གཡག noun (ox-like mammal)
  • འབྲི noun (ox-like mammal)
  • འབྲོང noun (ox-like mammal)
  • འབྲོང་འབྲི noun (ox-like mammal)

Turkish

4 entries
  • Tibet sığırı noun (ox-like mammal)
  • Tibet öküzü noun (ox-like mammal)
  • hotoz noun (ox-like mammal)
  • yak noun (ox-like mammal)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • сарлык noun (ox-like mammal)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • як noun (ox-like mammal)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قوتاز noun (ox-like mammal)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qo'tos noun (ox-like mammal)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bò tây tạng noun (ox-like mammal)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I looked at a reference manual for my car just to answer one question, but I spent the whole afternoon with my nose buried in it, just yak shaving, and got no work done on the car itself.

Source: tatoeba (6900162)

Utilization efficiency of dietary protein in the yak differs with diet composition and feeding level, age, sex, body condition score, and animal production level (e.g., growth, lactation). Researchers reported no difference between lactating and dry cows in crude protein digestibility, although lactating yak tend to consume more feed than dry yak.

Source: wiktionary

Attempts are now being made, by selection, to create a new breed of yak (the Datong yak) from such crosses. Hybridization of domestic yak with local cattle, at intermediate elevations, has been practiced for generations. The hybrids inherit some of the good characteristics from each species, but lack the adaptation of the yak to the harsh conditions at higher elevations.

Source: wiktionary

“You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?” “I could not say, sir.” “Nor me. I've often wondered. But this won't do, Jeeves. Here we are, yakking about Jezebels and dachshunds, when we ought to be concentrating our minds […]

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.