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

Armenian: շվեյցարական (hy) (šveycʿarakan)
Asturian: suizu (ast)
Belarusian: швейцарскі (švjejcárski)
Bulgarian: швейцарски (švejcárski)
Catalan: suís (ca) m, suïssa (ca) f
Czech: švýcarský (cs) m
Danish: schweizisk
Dutch: Zwitsers (nl)
Esperanto: svislanda, svisuja, svisia
Estonian: sveitsi
Faroese: sveisiskur
Finnish: sveitsiläinen (fi)
French: suisse (fr) m or f
Galician: suízo (gl) m, suíza f
German: schweizerisch (de), (rare) schweizländisch
Hawaiian: Kuikilani
Hebrew: שוויצרי‎ m (shveitsári)
Hungarian: svájci (hu)
Icelandic: svissneskur m
Irish: Eilvéiseach
Italian: svizzero (it) m, svizzera (it) f
Japanese: スイスの
Kapampangan: Swisu m, Swisa f

Latvian: šveiciešu, šveicietis
Lithuanian: šveicarų, šveicariškas
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sveitsisk

Nynorsk: sveitsisk (nn)
Polish: szwajcarski (pl) m
Portuguese: suíço (pt) m, suíça (pt) f
Romanian: elvețian (ro) m or n, elvețiană (ro) f
Romansch: svizzer m, svizra f
Russian: швейца́рский (ru) (švejcárskij)
Scottish Gaelic: Eilbheiseach
Serbo-Croatian: švȉcarskī
Slovak: švajčiarsky m
Slovene: švícarski (sl)
Spanish: suizo (es) m, suiza (es) f
Swedish: schweizisk (sv)
Tagalog: Swiso, Swisa f
Thai: สวิส (Sàwít)
Volapük: Jveizänik (vo)
Welsh: Swisaidd, Swistirol
Yiddish: שווייצער‎ (shveytser)

of or pertaining to the Swiss people

Armenian: շվեյցարական (hy) (šveycʿarakan)
Asturian: suizu (ast)
Belarusian: швейцарскі (švjejcárski)
Bulgarian: швейцарски (švejcárski)
Catalan: suís (ca) m, suïssa (ca) f
Czech: švýcarský (cs) m
Danish: schweizisk
Dutch: Zwitsers (nl)
Esperanto: svisa
Faroese: sveisiskur
Finnish: sveitsiläinen (fi)
French: suisse (fr) m or f
Galician: suízo (gl) m, suíza f
German: schweizerisch (de)
Hawaiian: Kuikilani
Hungarian: svájci (hu)
Icelandic: svissneskur m
Irish: Eilvéiseach
Italian: svizzero (it) m, svizzera (it) f

Japanese: スイスの
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sveitsisk

Nynorsk: sveitsisk (nn)
Polish: szwajcarski (pl) m
Portuguese: suíço (pt) m, suíça (pt) f
Romanian: elvețiană (ro) f, elvețian (ro) m or n
Romansch: svizzer m, svizra f
Russian: швейца́рский (ru) (švejcárskij)
Scottish Gaelic: Eilbheiseach
Serbo-Croatian: švȉcarskī
Slovene: švícarski (sl)
Spanish: suizo (es) m, suiza (es) f
Swedish: schweizisk (sv)
Thai: สวิส (Sàwít)
Volapük: (♂♀) Jveizänanik, (♂) hi-Jveizänanik, (♀) ji-Jveizänanik
Welsh: Swisaidd
Yiddish: שווייצער‎ (shveytser)

of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialect(s)

Bulgarian: швейцарски (švejcárski)
Catalan: suís (ca) m, suïssa (ca) f
Cherokee: ᏍᏫᏏ (Swisi)
Czech: švýcarský (cs) m
Danish: schweizisk
Dutch: Zwitsers (nl)
Esperanto: svisa
Faroese: sveisiskur
Finnish: sveitsiläinen (fi)
French: suisse (fr) m or f
Galician: suízo (gl) m, suíza f
German: schweizerisch (de)
Hungarian: svájci (hu)
Icelandic: svissneskur m
Italian: svizzero (it) m, svizzera (it) f
Japanese: スイスの

Kapampangan: Swisu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sveitsisk

Nynorsk: sveitsisk (nn)
Polish: szwajcarski (pl) m
Portuguese: suíço (pt) m, suíça (pt) f
Romanian: elvețian (ro) m or n, elvețiană (ro) f
Romansch: svizzer m, svizra f
Russian: швейца́рский (ru) (švejcárskij)
Scottish Gaelic: Eilbheiseach
Serbo-Croatian: švȉcarskī
Slovene: švícarski (sl)
Spanish: suizo (es) m, suiza (es) f
Swedish: schweizisk (sv)
Tagalog: Swiso
Thai: สวิส (Sàwít)
Volapük: Jveizänapükik
Welsh: Swisaidd

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.

Derived terms

Translations

Swiss person

Armenian: շվեյցարացի (šveycʿaracʿi)
Asturian: suizu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: isveçrəli
Belarusian: швейцар m (švjejcár), швейцарац m (švjejcárac), швейцарка f (švjejcárka)
Bulgarian: швейцарец m (švejcárec), швейцарка f (švejcárka)
Catalan: suís (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏫᏏ (Aswisi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 瑞士人 (zh) (Ruìshì rén)
Czech: Švýcar (cs) m, Švýcarka (cs) f
Danish: schweizer (da) c
Dutch: Zwitser (nl) m, Zwitserse (nl) f
Esperanto: (♂♀) sviso, (explicitly ♂) virsviso, (explicitly ♀) svisino
Estonian: sveitslane
Faroese: sveisari m
Finnish: sveitsiläinen (fi)
French: Suisse (fr) m, Suissesse (fr) f
Galician: suízo (gl) m, suíza f
Georgian: შვეიცარელი (šveicareli)
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 (Suisu-jin)
Latvian: šveicietis m, šveiciete f
Lithuanian: šveicaras (lt) m, šveicarė (lt) f
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: Švicárac (sh) m, Švìcārka 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
Turkish: İsviçreli (tr)
Volapük: (♂♀) Jveizänan (vo), (♂) hi-Jveizänan, (♀) ji-Jveizänan (vo)
Welsh: Swisiad m or f

Proper noun

Swiss

The variety of German spoken in Switzerland.

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