Meanings
sphynx1
nounsphynx (plural sphynxes)
plural sphynxes
Sphynx2
proper noun
alternative sphynx
- datedDated form of Sphinx (“Egyptian statue”).
Where old Nile is everflowing, / And the Sphynx with heavy lids / Sits by ruins grim and sombre — / Onward to the Pyramids.
1852, C. P. Cranch, “The Palm Tree of Capri”, in Dwight's Journal of Music, page 26
nounSphynx (plural Sphynx or Sphynxes)
plural Sphynxes · alternative sphynx
- A domestic cat of a breed with little or no hair, a narrow long head, and webbed feet.
Sphynx cats are often called hairless cats. But Sphynx do have hair. Very short, fine hairs called down cover the Sphynx’s body.
2001, Joanne Mattern, The Sphynx Cat, Capstone, →ISBN, page 7
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 斯芬克斯貓 /斯芬克斯猫, 加拿大無毛貓 /加拿大无毛猫
- 斯芬克斯貓 /斯芬克斯猫 (sīfēnkèsī māo)cat
- 加拿大無毛貓 /加拿大无毛猫 (Jiānádà wúmáo māo)cat
Dutch sphynx, sfinx
- sphynxcat
- sfinxcat
French Sphynx
- Sphynxcat
German Sphynx, Sphinx
- Sphynxcat
- Sphinxcat
Italian gatto sphynx, sphynx
- gatto sphynxcat
- sphynxcat
Japanese スフィンクス
- スフィンクス (sufinkusu)cat
Korean 스핑크스
- 스핑크스 (seupingkeuseu)cat
Portuguese Sphynx
- Sphynxcat
Russian сфинкс
- сфинкс (sfinks)cat
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sphynx
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APA
sphynx. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sphynx
MLA
“sphynx.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sphynx. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sphynx,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sphynx.
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