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Swiss
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swiss
English
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Etymology
Adopted from en frm Suisse in circa 1515, alongside the form de Switzer directly loaned from en de -.
Pronunciation
en /swɪs/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Swiss.wav Southern England
en swiss
en ɪs 1
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
en Taboo and the Perils of the Soul 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. 1911 w:James George Frazer 310 V The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion II Macmillan and Co., Limited London third
Daniel Boffey UK presses for use of faster passport gates at EU airports post-Brexit 2020-10-23 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/23/uk-presses-for-use-of-faster-passport-gates-at-eu-airports-post-brexit The government has said in a paper on the UK’s post-Brexit border operating model that it will “ensure that EU, EEA and Swiss citizens may also continue to use our e-passport gates and the existing queueing arrangements”. https://web.archive.org/web/20210819110832/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/23/uk-presses-for-use-of-faster-passport-gates-at-eu-airports-post-brexit
Having or relating to the Swiss Marked pattern of goats, involving a black body and belly and tan legs, ears, and facial stripes.
en Swiss markings
Derived terms
en Swissess Swissie Swissland Swissly Swiss French Swiss ball Swiss-turn Swiss Alps Old Swiss Confederacy Swiss Confederacy Swiss lemonade Swiss Army knife Swiss Army penknife Swiss mountain pine Swiss bar Swiss cheese Swiss Cottage Swiss dagger Swiss franc Swiss German Swiss roll Swiss system Swissness
Translations
of or pertaining to Switzerland
Afrikaans: af Switsers
Albanian: sq zvicerian
Arabic: ar سْوِيسْرِيّ, ar سُوِيسْرِيّ
Armenian: hy շվեյցարական
Asturian: ast suizu
Azerbaijani: az isveçrəli
Belarusian: be швейца́рскі, be швайца́рскі Taraškievica
Bengali: bn সুইস
Bulgarian: bg швейца́рски
Burmese: my ဆွစ်ဇာလန်
Catalan: ca suís
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 瑞士 Ruìshì
Cornish: kw swiss
Czech: cs švýcarský
Danish: da schweizisk
Dutch: nl Zwitsers
Esperanto: eo svislanda, eo svisuja, eo svisia
Estonian: et sveitsi
Faroese: fo sveisiskur
Finnish: fi sveitsiläinen
French: fr suisse, fr helvétique
Friulian: fur svuizar
Galician: gl suízo
Georgian: ka შვეიცარული, ka შვეიცარიული
German: de schweizerisch, rare de schweizländisch, de Schweizer
Greek: el ελβετικός m
Hawaiian: haw Kuikilani
Hebrew: he שְׁוֵיצָרִי shveitsári
Hindi: hi स्विस
Hungarian: hu svájci
Icelandic: is svissneskur
Irish: ga Eilvéiseach
Italian: it svizzero, it elvetico
Japanese: ja スイス スイスの Suisu no
Kapampangan: pam Swisu
Kazakh: kk швейцариялық
Khmer: km ស្វីស
Korean: ko 스위스 ^스위스-의
Kyrgyz: ky швейцариялык
Lao: lo ສະວິດເຊີແລນ, lo ສະວິດ
Latin: la helvēticus
Latvian: lv šveiciešu, lv šveicietis
Ligurian: lij svìsseo
Lithuanian: lt šveicarų, lt šveicariškas
Luxembourgish: lb
Macedonian: mk швајцарски
Malay: ms Switzerland
Manx: gv Elveishagh
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn швейцар
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb sveitsisk
Nynorsk: nn sveitsisk
Persian: fa سوئیسی su'isi
Polish: pl szwajcarski
Portuguese: pt suíço, pt helvético
Romanian: ro elvețian
Romansh: rm svizzer
Russian: ru швейца́рский
Scottish Gaelic: gd Eilbheiseach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh шви̏царскӣ Bosnian, Croatian, sh швајцарски Serbian
Latin: sh švȉcarskī Bosnian, Croatian, sh švajcarski Serbian
Sicilian: scn sbìzziru, scn erbèticu
Slovak: sk švajčiarsky
Slovene: sl švícarski
Spanish: es suizo, es helvético
Swedish: sv schweizisk
Tagalog: tl Swiso
Tajik: tg швейтсариягӣ
Thai: th สวิตเซอร์แลนด์, th สวิส
Turkish: tr İsviçreli
Turkmen: tk şweýsariýaly
Ukrainian: uk швейца́рський
Urdu: ur سوئس su'is
Uyghur: ug شىۋىتسارىيە
Uzbek: uz shveysariyalik
Vietnamese: vi Thụy Sĩ
Volapük: vo Jveizänik
Welsh: cy Swisaidd, cy Swistirol
Yiddish: yi שווייצער
Zhuang: za Nyeiqswq
of or pertaining to the Swiss people
Afrikaans: af Switsers
Armenian: hy շվեյցարական
Asturian: ast suizu
Belarusian: be швейца́рскі, be швайца́рскі Taraškievica
Bulgarian: bg швейца́рски
Catalan: ca suís
Czech: cs švýcarský
Danish: da schweizisk
Dutch: nl Zwitsers
Esperanto: eo svisa
Faroese: fo sveisiskur
Finnish: fi sveitsiläinen
French: fr suisse
Galician: gl suízo
German: de schweizerisch
Hawaiian: haw Kuikilani
Hungarian: hu svájci
Icelandic: is svissneskur
Irish: ga Eilvéiseach
Italian: it svizzero
Japanese: ja スイス スイスの Suisu no
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb sveitsisk
Nynorsk: nn sveitsisk
Polish: pl szwajcarski
Portuguese: pt suíço
Romanian: ro elvețian
Romansh: rm svizzer
Russian: ru швейца́рский
Scottish Gaelic: gd Eilbheiseach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh шви̏царскӣ Bosnian, Croatian, sh швајцарски Serbian
Latin: sh švȉcarskī Bosnian, Croatian, sh švajcarski Serbian
Sicilian: scn sbìzziru, scn erbèticu
Slovene: sl švícarski
Spanish: es suizo
Swedish: sv schweizisk
Thai: th สวิส
Volapük: vo Jveizänanik m f, vo hi-Jveizänanik m, vo ji-Jveizänanik f
Welsh: cy Swisaidd
Yiddish: yi שווייצער
of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
Afrikaans: af Switsers
Bulgarian: bg швейца́рски
Catalan: ca suís
Cherokee: chr ᏍᏫᏏ
Czech: cs švýcarský
Danish: da schweizisk
Dutch: nl Zwitsers
Esperanto: eo svisa
Faroese: fo sveisiskur
Finnish: fi sveitsiläinen
French: fr suisse
Galician: gl suízo
German: de schweizerisch
Hungarian: hu svájci
Icelandic: is svissneskur
Italian: it svizzero
Japanese: ja スイス スイスの Suisu no
Kapampangan: pam Swisu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb sveitsisk
Nynorsk: nn sveitsisk
Polish: pl szwajcarski
Portuguese: pt suíço
Romanian: ro elvețian
Romansh: rm svizzer
Russian: ru швейца́рский
Scottish Gaelic: gd Eilbheiseach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh шви̏царскӣ Bosnian, Croatian, sh швајцарски Serbian
Latin: sh švȉcarskī Bosnian, Croatian, sh švajcarski Serbian
Sicilian: scn sbìzziru, scn erbèticu
Slovene: sl švícarski
Spanish: es suizo
Swedish: sv schweizisk
Tagalog: tl Swiso
Thai: th สวิส
Volapük: vo Jveizänapükik
Welsh: cy Swisaidd
See also
en Alemannic
en Swiss German
Noun
~ + *
en countable A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.
en Switzer
en uncountable Swiss cheese.
en My favourite sandwich has roast beef and Swiss on rye bread.
Derived terms
en Brown Swiss
Translations
Swiss person
Afrikaans: af Switser
Albanian: sq zvicerian m, sq helvetas m
Arabic: ar سْوِيسْرِيّ m, ar سُوِيسْرِيّ m, ar سْوِيسْرِيَّة f, ar سُوِيسْرِيَّة f
Armenian: hy շվեյցարացի
Asturian: ast suizu m, ast suiza f
Azerbaijani: az isveçrəli
Belarusian: be швейца́р m, be швейца́рац m, be швейца́рка f
Bulgarian: bg швейца́рец m, bg швейца́рка f, bg швейца́рче n
Catalan: ca suís m, ca suïssa f
Cherokee: chr ᎠᏍᏫᏏ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 瑞士人 Ruìshìrén
Czech: cs Švýcar m, cs Švýcarka f
Danish: da schweizer c
Dutch: nl Zwitser m, nl Zwitserse f
Esperanto: eo sviso m f, eo virsviso m, eo svisino f
Estonian: et sveitslane
Faroese: fo sveisari m
Finnish: fi sveitsiläinen
French: fr Suisse m, fr Suissesse f
Galician: gl suízo m, gl suíza f
Georgian: ka შვეიცარიელი
German: de Schweizer m, de Schweizerin f
Alemannic German: gsw Schwyzer m, gsw Schwyzerin f, gsw Schwiizer m, gsw Schwiizerin f, gsw Schwizer m, gsw Schwizerin f
Hungarian: hu svájci
Icelandic: is Svisslendingur m, is Svissari m
Irish: ga Eilvéiseach m
Italian: it svizzero m, it svizzera f
Japanese: ja スイス人 suisujin
Kazakh: kk швейцариялық
Korean: ko 스위스인, ko 스위스 사람
Kyrgyz: ky швейцариялык
Latvian: lv šveicietis m, lv šveiciete f
Lithuanian: lt šveicaras m, lt šveicarė f
Luxembourgish: lb
Macedonian: mk Швајцарец m, mk Швајцарка f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb sveitser m
Nynorsk: nn sveitsar m
Polish: pl Szwajcar m, pl Szwajcarka f
Portuguese: pt suíço m, pt suíça f
Romanian: ro elvețian m, ro elvețiană f, ro elvețiancă f
Russian: ru швейца́рец m, ru швейца́рка f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Eilbheiseach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Швица́рац m, sh Швѝца̄рка f, sh Швајцарац m, sh Швајцарка
Latin: sh Švicárac m, sh Švìcārka f, sh Švajcarac m, sh Švajcarka f
Sicilian: scn sbìzziru m, scn sbìzzira f
Slovak: sk Švajčiar m, sk Švajčiarka f
Slovene: sl Švícar m, sl Švícarka f
Spanish: es suizo m, es suiza f
Sranan Tongo: srn Swiska
Swahili: sw Mswisi
Swedish: sv schweizare c, sv schweiziska c
Tajik: tg швейцариягӣ
Turkish: tr İsviçreli
Ukrainian: uk швейца́рець m, uk швейца́рка f
Uzbek: uz shveysariyalik
Volapük: vo Jveizänan m f, vo hi-Jveizänan m, vo ji-Jveizänan f
Welsh: cy Swisiad m f
Proper noun
thumb|Swiss Town Hall - Danbury, Wisconsin
en nonstandard Swiss German; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland.
en place c/USA:
en ucomm co/Gasconade County s/Missouri, named for Swiss immigrants.
en ucomm co/Yancey County s/North Carolina.
en ucomm co/Nicholas County s/West Virginia, named for a Swiss immigrant.
en town co/Burnett County s/Wisconsin.
en Cheeses Languages Nationalities Switzerland
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
From id en Swiss, reinforced by fr Suisse.
Pronunciation
id /ˈs(u)wɪs/
id is
Proper noun
id Switzerland Q39
Adjective
en Swiss
See also
Further reading