Swiss
See also: swiss
English
Etymology
Adopted from Middle French Suisse in circa 1515, alongside the form Switzer directly loaned from German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swɪs/
- Homophone: swiss
- Rhymes: -ɪs
Adjective
Swiss (comparative more Swiss, superlative most Swiss)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
Translations
of or pertaining to Switzerland
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of or pertaining to the Swiss people
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of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialect(s)
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See also
- Alemannic
- Schweizerdeutsch
- Schwyzerdütsch
- Swiss German
Noun
Swiss (countable and uncountable, plural Swisses or Swiss)
- (countable) A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.
- (uncountable) Swiss cheese.
- My favourite sandwich has roast beef and Swiss on rye bread.
Derived terms
- Swiss Army knife
- Swiss Army penknife
- Swiss cheese
- Swiss dagger
- Swiss franc
- Swiss German
- Swiss roll
Translations
Swiss person
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Proper noun
Swiss
- The variety of German spoken in Switzerland.