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/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Homophone: swiss
- Rhymes: -ɪs
Adjective
Swiss (comparative more Swiss, superlative most Swiss)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
- 1911, James George Frazer, chapter V, in Taboo and the Perils of the Soul (The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion; II), third edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page 310:
- The obstructive tendency attributed to the knot in spiritual matters appears in a Swiss superstition that if, in sewing a corpse into its shroud, you make a knot on the thread, it will hinder the soul of the deceased on its passage to eternity.
Derived terms
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
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.
Translations
Swiss person
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