Suisse

See also: suisse

French

Etymology

From Middle French Suisse.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɥis/
  • Audio(file)

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.[1]

un Suisse ― a Swiss person
une Suissesse ― a Swiss person [female]
une Suisse ― a Swiss person [female]

Proper noun

Suisse f

  1. Switzerland

Further reading

References
  1. “Suisse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Middle High German Swīzer (“Switzerland”), from Swīz, from Old High German Suittes (attested 972), perhaps from the verb suedan "to burn", referring to a spot cleared by slash-and-burn, from Proto-Germanic *swīþaną (compare Old Norse svíða (“to burn, singe”)).

Noun

Suisse m (plural Suisses)

  1. male Swiss person

Proper noun

Suisse f

  1. Switzerland

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

Norman

Etymology

From Middle High German Swiz (“Switzerland”).

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Proper noun

La Suisse f

  1. Switzerland
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