Manx

• Manks (obsolete spelling)

Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk.

Also influenced by Manx Manninagh, an adjectival form of Mannin (“Isle of Man”), Isle of Man; cf Scottish Gaelic Manainneach and Irish Manannach.

• enPR: mănks, IPA^(key): /mæŋks/

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• Rhymes: -æŋks
• Homophone: Mancs

Manx (comparative more Manx, superlative most Manx)

1. Relating to the Isle of Man and/or its Celto-Germanic people.
2. Relating to the Manx language (also known as Manx Gaelic), a Gaelic language of the Goidelic family.
3. Relating to the Manx cat breed.

Manx (countable and uncountable, plural Manx or Manxes)

1. A member or descendant of the Celto-Germanic people of the Isle of Man; a Manxman or Manxwoman.
2. (collective, in the plural) the Manx; Manx people.
3. A breed of domestic cat native to the Isle of Man, principally characterized by suppression of the tail, and with a short-haired coat and rounded, cobby body.
4. (by extension) With a truncated or missing tail.
   • 1962, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, The Autocar: A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage:

     At the rear there is a cut-off Manx tail, similar to those of the early Cooper sports cars, and as currently used by Feirari.

   • 2006, Colin Patterson, Pet Rats, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 23:

     The Manx Rat: This tailless rat variety is usually smaller than the standard rat with front legs that are shorter than its hind legs.

   • 2016 April 29, Rebecca Boyle, “Strange Manx comet is time capsule from the early solar system”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, New Scientist:
5. A cat of the Manx breed; a Manx cat.

• (cat of the Manx breed) Manx cat

Manx

1. (uncountable) A Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man.

   Synonym: Manx Gaelic

• Cymric, the long-haired version of the Manx cat breed.
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Manx terms

• Manx language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Manx (cat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Manx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons (for the cat breed)
• Manx - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary
• Learn Manx
• ISO 639-1 code gv, ISO 639-3 code glv (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Manx, glv ⁠

Borrowed from English Manx.

• IPA^(key): /mɑŋks/

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Manx

1. Of, or relating to the Isle of Man and/or its Celtic people.
2. Of, or relating to Manx Gaelic.

Manx n

1. Manx Gaelic, the Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man

• Manks

From English Manx, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mana, Mǫn (“Isle of Man”).

• IPA^(key): /maŋks/

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Manx n (strong, genitive Manx or Manx', no plural)

1. Manx Gaelic (the Celtic (Goidelic) language spoken on the Isle of Man)

• Manx-Gälisch
• Manx-Katze