Swiss
adjectivenounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- //swɪs//
Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
adjective
- 1
Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
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.
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”.
Etymology
Adopted from Middle French Suisse in circa 1515, alongside the form Switzer directly loaned from German.
noun
- 1
A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.
- 2
Swiss cheese.
My favourite sandwich has roast beef and Swiss on rye bread.
proper noun
- 1
Swiss German; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland.
- 2
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Gasconade County, Missouri, named for Swiss immigrants.
- 3
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Yancey County, North Carolina.
- 4
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, named for a Swiss immigrant.
- 5
A place in the United States: A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
Forms
- plural
- Swisses
- comparative
- more Swiss
- superlative
- most Swiss
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