Manx

See also: manx

Contents

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæŋks/, enPR: mănks

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 Goidelic language of the Celtic family.
3. Relating to the Manx cat breed.

Derived terms

• Manxness

A cat of the Manx breed

Translations

relating to the Isle of Man and/or its people

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

  Valencian: manés (ca) m

• French: mannois (fr)
• Icelandic: manskur m
• Irish: Manannach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mansk

  Nynorsk: mansk

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

relating to the Manx language

• Irish: Manainnise

• Welsh: Manaweg (cy)

relating to the Manx cat breed

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.
6. (uncountable) Manx Gaelic, a Goidelic Celtic language spoken on the Isle of Man.

   Synonym: Manx Gaelic

Synonyms

• (cat of the Manx breed) Manx cat

Translations

a Manx person

• French: Mannois (fr) m, Mannoise (fr) f
• Icelandic: Manverji m

• Irish: Manannach m

the Manx cat breed

• Dutch: manx
• Irish: cat Manannach m

• Manx: stubbin (colloquial)

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

• Irish: Manannach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: manx m

  Nynorsk: manx m

• Polish: manx (pl) m

language — see Manx Gaelic

See also

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

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. pertaining 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, Mon (“Isle of Man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋks/

Noun

Manx n

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

Related terms

• Manx-Gälisch
• Manx-Katze