manx

1. 1.

   the ancient Gaelic formerly spoken on the Isle of Man; the language is sometimes used on ceremonial occasions

   BroaderGaelic
2. 2.

   a short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man

   SynonymsManx cat

   Broaderdomestic cat

1. 1.

   of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language

   “the Manx fishing industry”

   “there are few Manx speakers alive today”

Other forms of manx

plural

manxes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about manx

What does manx mean?

manx means "the ancient Gaelic formerly spoken on the Isle of Man; the language is sometimes used on ceremonial occasions". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in manx?

manx has 1 syllable: manx. In IPA it is /ˈmæŋks/.

What is another word for manx?

Close synonyms include Manx cat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is manx a common word?

manx is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.