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Manx.

Relating to the Isle of Man or its Celto-Germanic people.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmæŋks/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmaŋks/British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈmæŋks/[mæŋks]

  1. Relating to the Isle of Man 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 native to the Isle of Man, principally characterized by suppression of the tail, and with a short-haired coat and rounded, cobby body.

  4. With a truncated or missing tail.

    broadly
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈmæŋks/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmaŋks/British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈmæŋks/[mæŋks]

  1. A member or descendant of the Celto-Germanic people of the Isle of Man; a Manxman or Manxwoman.

    countable · uncountable

  2. the Manx; Manx people.

    collective · countable · in-plural · uncountable

  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.

    countable · uncountable

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

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

name/ˈmæŋks/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmaŋks/British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈmæŋks/[mæŋks]

  1. A Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

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