Manx

See also: manx

English

Alternative forms

• Manks (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mănks, IPA^(key): /mæŋks/

  • Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -æŋks
• Homophone: Mancs

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• Manxness
• Manxie
• Manxman
• Manxwoman

A cat of the Manx breed

Translations

relating to the Isle of Man and/or its people

• Catalan: manx (ca) c, manès m (colloquial)

  Valencian: manés (ca) m

• Dutch: Manx (nl)
• French: mannois (fr)
• Icelandic: manskur m
• Irish: Manannach

• Manx: Manninagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mansk

  Nynorsk: mansk

• Russian: мэ́нский (ru) (mɛ́nskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Manainneach
• Welsh: Manawaidd

relating to the Manx language

• Dutch: Manx (nl)
• Irish: Gaeilge Mhanann f, Manainnis f
• Manx: Gaelg (gv), Gaelg Vanninagh, Manninish

• Welsh: Manaweg (cy)

relating to the Manx cat breed

• Irish: cat Manannach m

Noun

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, 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)‎^[1], New Scientist:

5. A cat of the Manx breed; a Manx cat.

Synonyms

• (cat of the Manx breed) Manx cat

Translations

Manx person

• Dutch: Manxman (nl) m, Manxe (nl) f
• French: Mannois (fr) m, Mannoise (fr) f
• Icelandic: Manverji m

• Manx: Manninagh m
• Irish: Manannach m

Manx cat breed

• Dutch: manx
• Irish: cat Manannach m

• Manx: stubbin (colloquial)

cat of the Manx breed (these are translations of the word alone; for translations of the phrase "Manx cat", see Manx cat)

• Esperanto: Manksa kato
• French: manx (fr) m
• Irish: Manannach m

• Japanese: マンクス (Mankusu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: manx m

  Nynorsk: manx m

• Polish: manx (pl) m

Proper noun

Manx

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

   Synonym: Manx Gaelic

Translations

a Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man

• Armenian: մեներեն (meneren), մենական լեզու (menakan lezu)
• Belarusian: мэ́нкская мо́ва f (ménkskaja móva), мэ́нкская f (ménkskaja)
• Breton: manaveg (br) m
• Catalan: manx (ca) m, gaèlic manx m, (colloquial) manès m, (colloquial) gaèlic manès m

  Valencian: manés (ca) m, gaèlic manés m

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬恩語, 马恩语 (Mǎēnyǔ)

• Dutch: Manx (nl) n, Manx-Gaelisch n
• Esperanto: manksa
• Finnish: manksi (fi)
• French: mannois (fr) m, manxois (fr) m
• German: Manx (de), Manx-Gälisch (de)
• Icelandic: manska (is) f, Manar-gelíska f
• Irish: Gaeilge Mhanann f, Manainnis f

• Manx: Gaelg (gv)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mansk m, manx m

  Nynorsk: mansk m, manx m

• Polish: manx (pl)
• Portuguese: manx m, manquês (pt) m
• Romanian: galeză Manx f
• Russian: мэнский (ru) (mɛnskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Gàidhlig Mhanainneach f
• Spanish: manés (es)
• Swedish: manx (sv), manniska (sv) c
• Turkish: Manş Dili
• Volapük: män (vo)
• Welsh: Manaweg (cy) m or f

See also

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

Further reading

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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Manx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑŋks/

• Audio

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Adjective

Manx

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

Proper noun

Manx n

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

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German

Alternative forms

• Manks

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋks/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of Manx (uncountable)

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Manx
genitive	eines	des	Manx
dative	einem	dem	Manx
accusative	ein	das	Manx

Related terms

• Manx-Gälisch
• Manx-Katze