Suisse

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Proper noun

Suisse

  1. Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)

French

Etymology

From Middle French Suisse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɥis/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -is

Noun

Suisse m or f (plural Suisses, feminine Suissesse)

  1. Swiss person

Usage notes

The traditional feminine Suissesse is often replaced with Suisse used as a female noun.

un Suisse ― a Swiss person
une Suissesse ― a Swiss person
une Suisse ― a Swiss person

Related terms

Proper noun

Suisse f

  1. Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 瑞士 (Ruìshì)
  • → Japanese: スイス (Suisu)
  • → Korean: 스위스 (seuwiseu)

See also

References

  1. ^ “Suisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Middle High German Swīzer (“male person from the valley or the town of Schwyz”), from Swīz (“the valley or the town of Schwyz”), from Old High German Suittes (“the town of Schwyz”) (attested 972), perhaps from the verb swīdan (“to burn”), referring to a spot cleared by slash-and-burn, from Proto-West Germanic *swīþan, from Proto-Germanic *swīþaną (compare Old Norse svíða (“to burn, singe”)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Suisse m (plural Suisses)

  1. male Swiss person

Descendants

Proper noun

Suisse f

  1. Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)

References

  • Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.

Norman

Etymology

From Middle High German Swīz (“the valley or the town of Schwyz”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

La Suisse f

  1. Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)
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