Manx

Meaning

Adj

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.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A member or descendant of the Celto-Germanic people of the Isle of Man; a Manxman or Manxwoman.
2. (collective, countable, in-plural, uncountable) the Manx; Manx people.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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. (broadly, countable, uncountable) With a truncated or missing tail.
5. (countable, uncountable) A cat of the Manx breed; a Manx cat.

Name

A Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man.

Synonyms

Manx Gaelic

Manx cat

Manxman

𐐣𐐰𐑌𐐿𐑅

Translations

Manx

mannois

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manx

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manés

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Manx

manxois

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Manx-Gälisch

Manx-Gaelisch

manx

gaèlic manx

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mannese

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manx

manês

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manx

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mæŋks/

Etymology

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: mansk

In summary

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.