Suisse

suisse Franco-Provençal frp: Proper noun f frp Switzerland Q39 French Etymology From fr frm Suisse. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-Suisse.wav fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-Suisse.wav <<Switzerland>> (<<Valais>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Suisse.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Suisse.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Suisse.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr is Noun mf Suissesse Swiss person fr suisse guard. Elle se relevait, et ils allaient partir, quand le Suisse s'approcha vivement, en disant:— Madame, sans doute, n'est pas d'ici? Madame désire voir les curiosités de l'église? Usage notes The traditional feminine fr Suissesse is often replaced with fr Suisse used as a female noun. fr un Suisse a Swiss person fr une Suissesse a Swiss person [female] fr une Suisse a Swiss person [female] Related terms fr suisse Proper noun f fr Switzerland Q39 Derived terms fr Suisse alémanique Suisse de l'Asie Descendants zh 瑞士 1 ja - 1 ^スイス ko ^스위스 1 fa سوئیس su'is 1 See also References Further reading Anagrams fr issues fr Nationalities Middle French Etymology From frm gmh Swīzer male person from the valley or the town of Schwyz, from gmh Swīz the valley or the town of Schwyz, from frm goh Suittes the town of Schwyz (attested 972), perhaps from the verb goh swīdan to burn, referring to a spot cleared by slash-and-burn, from frm gmw-pro *swīþan, from frm gem-pro *swīþaną (compare non svíða to burn, singe). Pronunciation frm Noun m male Swiss person Descendants en Swiss 1 Proper noun frm proper noun f frm Switzerland Q39 References Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006. Norman Etymology From nrf gmh Swīz the valley or the town of Schwyz. Pronunciation nrf nrf Jer-Suisse.ogg Jersey Proper noun f La Suisse nrf Switzerland Q39