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English
Etymology
Adopted from Middle French Suisse in circa 1515, alongside the form Switzer directly loaned from German.
Pronunciation
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
- Afrikaans: Switsers (af)
- Albanian: zvicerian
- Arabic: سْوِيسْرِيّ (swīsriyy), سُوِيسْرِيّ (suwīsriyy)
- Armenian: շվեյցարական (hy) (šveycʻarakan)
- Asturian: suizu (ast)
- Azerbaijani: isveçrəli
- Belarusian: швейца́рскі (švjejcárski), швайца́рскі (švajcárski) (Taraškievica)
- Bengali: সুইস (śuiś)
- Bulgarian: швейца́рски (švejcárski)
- Burmese: ဆွစ်ဇာလန် (hcwacjalan)
- Catalan: suís (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 瑞士 (zh) (Ruìshì)
- Cornish: swiss
- Czech: švýcarský (cs)
- Danish: schweizisk
- Dutch: Zwitsers (nl)
- Esperanto: svislanda, svisuja, svisia
- Estonian: sveitsi
- Faroese: sveisiskur
- Finnish: sveitsiläinen (fi)
- French: suisse (fr), helvétique (fr)
- Friulian: svuizar
- Galician: suízo (gl)
- Georgian: შვეიცარული (šveicaruli), შვეიცარიული (šveicariuli)
- German: schweizerisch (de), (rare) schweizländisch, Schweizer (de)
- Greek: ελβετικός (el) m (elvetikós)
- Hawaiian: Kuikilani
- Hebrew: שְׁוֵיצָרִי (shveitsári)
- Hindi: स्विस (svis)
- Hungarian: svájci (hu)
- Icelandic: svissneskur
- Irish: Eilvéiseach
- Italian: svizzero (it), elvetico (it)
- Japanese: スイスの (ja) (Suisu no)
- Kapampangan: Swisu
- Kazakh: швейцариялық (şveisariälyq)
- Khmer: ស្វីស (sviih)
- Korean: 스위스의 (ko) (seuwiseuui)
- Kyrgyz: швейцариялык (şveytsariyalık)
- Lao: ສະວິດເຊີແລນ (lo) (sa wit sœ̄ lǣn), ສະວິດ (sa wit)
- Latin: helvēticus
- Latvian: šveiciešu, šveicietis
- Ligurian: svìsseo
- Lithuanian: šveicarų, šveicariškas
- Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: швајцарски (švajcarski)
- Malay: Switzerland (ms)
- Manx: Elveishagh
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: швейцар (švejcar)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: sveitsisk
- Nynorsk: sveitsisk (nn)
- Persian: سوئیسی (fa) (su'isi), سویسی (fa) (suvisi)
- Polish: szwajcarski (pl)
- Portuguese: suíço (pt), helvético (pt)
- Romanian: elvețian (ro)
- Romansch: svizzer
- Russian: швейца́рский (ru) (švejcárskij)
- Scottish Gaelic: Eilbheiseach
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: шви̏царскӣ (Bosnian, Croatian), швајцарски (Serbian)
- Roman: švȉcarskī (sh) (Bosnian, Croatian), švajcarski (sh) (Serbian)
- Slovak: švajčiarsky
- Slovene: švícarski (sl)
- Spanish: suizo (es), helvético (es)
- Swedish: schweizisk (sv)
- Tagalog: Swiso
- Tajik: швейтсариягӣ (šveytsariyagī)
- Thai: สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ (th) (sà-wít-səə-lɛɛn), สวิส (sà-wís)
- Turkish: İsviçreli (tr)
- Turkmen: şweýsariýaly
- Ukrainian: швейца́рський (švejcársʹkyj)
- Urdu: سوئس (su'is)
- Uyghur: شىۋىتسارىيە (shiwitsariye)
- Uzbek: shveysariyalik (uz)
- Vietnamese: Thụy Sĩ (vi)
- Volapük: Jveizänik (vo)
- Welsh: Swisaidd, Swistirol
- Yiddish: שווייצער (shveytser)
- Zhuang: Nyeiqswq
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of or pertaining to the Swiss people
of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialect(s)
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
- Afrikaans: Switser
- Albanian: zvicerian m, helvetas m
- Arabic: سْوِيسْرِيّ m (swīsriyy), سُوِيسْرِيّ m (suwīsriyy), سْوِيسْرِيَّة f (swīsriyya), سُوِيسْرِيَّة f (suwīsriyya)
- Armenian: շվեյցարացի (šveycʻaracʻi)
- Asturian: suizu (ast) m
- Azerbaijani: isveçrəli
- Belarusian: швейца́р m (švjejcár), швейца́рац m (švjejcárac), швейца́рка f (švjejcárka)
- Bulgarian: швейца́рец m (švejcárec), швейца́рка f (švejcárka)
- Catalan: suís (ca) m, suïssa (ca) f
- Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏫᏏ (aswisi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 瑞士人 (zh) (Ruìshìrén)
- Czech: Švýcar (cs) m, Švýcarka (cs) f
- Danish: schweizer (da) c
- Dutch: Zwitser (nl) m, Zwitserse (nl) f
- Esperanto: sviso m or f, virsviso m, svisino f
- Estonian: sveitslane
- Faroese: sveisari m
- Finnish: sveitsiläinen (fi)
- French: Suisse (fr) m, Suissesse (fr) f
- Galician: suízo (gl) m, suíza f
- Georgian: შვეიცარიელი (ka) (šveicarieli)
- German: Schweizer (de) m, Schweizerin (de) f
- Alemannic German: Schwyzer m, Schwyzerin f, Schwiizer m, Schwiizerin f, Schwizer m, Schwizerin f
- Hungarian: svájci (hu)
- Icelandic: Svisslendingur (is) m
- Irish: Eilvéiseach m
- Italian: svizzero (it) m, svizzera (it) f
- Japanese: スイス人 (suisujin)
- Kazakh: швейцариялық (şveisariälyq)
- Korean: 스위스 사람 (seuwiseu saram)
- Kyrgyz: швейцариялык (şveytsariyalık)
- Latvian: šveicietis m, šveiciete f
- Lithuanian: šveicaras (lt) m, šveicarė (lt) f
- Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: Швајцарец m (Švajcarec), Швајцарка f (Švajcarka)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: sveitser (no) m
- Nynorsk: sveitsar (nn) m
- Polish: Szwajcar (pl) m, Szwajcarka (pl) f
- Portuguese: suíço (pt) m, suíça (pt) f
- Romanian: elvețian (ro) m, elvețiană (ro) f, elvețiancă (ro) f
- Russian: швейца́рец (ru) m (švejcárec), швейца́рка (ru) f (švejcárka)
- Scottish Gaelic: Eilbheiseach m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Швица́рац m, Швѝца̄рка f, Швајцарац m, Швајцарка
- Roman: Švicárac (sh) m, Švìcārka f, Švajcarac m, Švajcarka f
- Slovak: Švajčiar m, Švajčiarka f
- Slovene: Švícar (sl) m, Švícarka f
- Spanish: suizo (es) m, suiza (es) f
- Swahili: Mswisi (sw)
- Swedish: schweizare (sv) c, schweiziska (sv) c
- Tajik: швейцариягӣ (šveytsariyagī)
- Turkish: İsviçreli (tr)
- Ukrainian: швейца́рець m (švejcárecʹ), швейца́рка f (švejcárka)
- Uzbek: shveysariyalik (uz)
- Volapük: Jveizänan (vo) m or f, hi-Jveizänan m, ji-Jveizänan (vo) f
- Welsh: Swisiad m or f
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Proper noun
Swiss
- (nonstandard) Swiss German; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland.
Indonesian
Etymology
From English Swiss, reinforced by French Suisse.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Swiss
- Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)
Adjective
Swiss
- Swiss
See also
- (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belanda, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia dan Herzegovina, Britania Raya, Bulgaria, Ceko, Denmark, Estonia, Finlandia, Georgia, Hongaria, Irlandia, Islandia, Italia, Jerman, Kazakhstan, Kroasia, Latvia, Listenstaina, Lituania, Luksemburg, Makedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Norwegia, Perancis, Polandia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Siprus, Slovenia, Slowakia, Spanyol, Swedia, Swiss, Turki, Ukraina, Yunani, Vatikan
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