different between lynx vs iynx

English

Etymology

From Middle English lynx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”), because of the cat's glowing eyes and ability to see in the dark. Replaced Old English lox as the animal died out in Britain during the Middle Ages.

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?ngks, IPA^(key): /l??ks/
• Homophone: links
• Rhymes: -??ks

Noun

lynx (plural lynxes or lynx)

1. Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• lynx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lynx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch linx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??ks/
• Hyphenation: lynx
• Rhymes: -??ks
• Homophone: links

Noun

lynx m (plural lynxen, diminutive lynxje n)

1. lynx, felid of the genus Lynx, in particular the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx); sometimes used of other medium-sized felids with large, plumed ears.

Synonyms

• los (dated)

Derived terms

• Canadese lynx
• Europese lynx
• Iberische lynx
• pardellynx
• rode lynx
• Spaanse lynx
• woestijnlynx

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??ks/

Noun

lynx m (plural lynx)

1. a lynx

Synonyms

• loup-cervier

Derived terms

• œil de lynx

Further reading

• “lynx” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lynks/, [l??ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /links/, [li?ks]

Noun

lynx m or f (genitive lyncis); third declension

1. A lynx

   Colla lyncum.

   The necks of the lynxes.

   • Carmina (also Odes) by Horace (Latin text with English translations)

     Quin et Prometheus et Pelopis parens

     dulci laborem decipitur sono

     nec curat Orion leones

     aut timidos agitare lyncas

     Prometheus too and Pelops' sire

     In listening lose the sense of woe;

     Orion hearkens to the lyre,

     And lets the lynx and lion go.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• lynx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lynx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lynx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Alternative forms

• linx, lenx

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /links/, [li?ks]

Noun

lynx (plural lenxis or lynces)

1. lynx

Descendants

• English: lynx
• Scots: lynx (obsolete)

References

• “linx, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-24.

English

Noun

iynx (plural iynges)

1. Obsolete spelling of jynx [19^th C.]

References

• iynx in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• nixy

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???? (íunx, “wryneck”, “Jynx torquilla”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i?ynks/, [i???ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jinks/, [ji?ks]

Noun

iynx f (genitive iyngis); third declension

1. wryneck (bird)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Translingual: Jynx
• English: jyngine, jynx

References

• iynx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• iynx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• iynx in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• iynx in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray