English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adopted from Middle French Suisse in circa 1515, alongside the form Switzer directly loaned from German.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Swiss (comparative more Swiss, superlative most Swiss)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
Translations[edit]
of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Albanian: zvicerian
- Arabic: سْوِيسْرِيّ (swīsriyy), سُوِيسْرِيّ (suwīsriyy)
- Armenian: շվեյցարական (hy) (šveycʿarakan)
- Asturian: suizu (ast)
- Azerbaijani: isveçrəli
- Belarusian: швейца́рскі (švjejcárski), швайца́рскі (švajcárski) (Taraškievica)
- Bengali: সুইস (śuiś)
- Bulgarian: швейца́рски (švejcárski)
- Burmese: ဆွစ်ဇာလန် (hcwacjalan)
- Catalan: suís (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 瑞士 (zh) (Ruìshì)
- Cornish: swiss
- Czech: švýcarský (cs)
- Danish: schweizisk
- Dutch: Zwitsers (nl)
- Esperanto: svislanda, svisuja, svisia
- Estonian: sveitsi
- Faroese: sveisiskur
- Finnish: sveitsiläinen (fi)
- French: suisse (fr), helvétique (fr)
- Friulian: svuizar
- Galician: suízo (gl)
- Georgian: შვეიცარული (šveicaruli)
- German: schweizerisch (de), (rare) schweizländisch, Schweizer (de)
- Greek: ελβετικός (el) m (elvetikós)
- Hawaiian: Kuikilani
- Hebrew: שְׁוֵיצָרִי (shveitsári)
- Hindi: स्विस (svis)
- Hungarian: svájci (hu)
- Icelandic: svissneskur
- Irish: Eilvéiseach
- Italian: svizzero (it), elvetico (it)
- Japanese: スイスの (ja) (Suisu no)
- Kapampangan: Swisu
- Kazakh: швейцариялық (şveisariälyq)
- Khmer: ស្វីស (sviih)
- Korean: 스위스의 (ko) (seuwiseuui)
- Kyrgyz: швейцариялык (şveytsariyalık)
- Lao: ສະວິດເຊີແລນ (lo) (sa wit sœ̄ lǣn), ສະວິດ (sa wit)
- Latin: helvēticus
- Latvian: šveiciešu, šveicietis
- Ligurian: svìsseo
- Lithuanian: šveicarų, šveicariškas
- Macedonian: швајцарски (švajcarski)
- Malay: Switzerland
- Manx: Elveishagh
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: швейцар (švejcar)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: sveitsisk
- Nynorsk: sveitsisk (nn)
- Persian: سوئیسی (fa) (su'isi), سویسی (fa) (suvisi)
- Polish: szwajcarski (pl)
- Portuguese: suíço (pt), helvético (pt)
- Romanian: elvețian (ro)
- Romansch: svizzer
- Russian: швейца́рский (ru) (švejcárskij)
- Scottish Gaelic: Eilbheiseach
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: шви̏царскӣ (Bosnian, Croatian), швајцарски (Serbian)
- Roman: švȉcarskī (sh) (Bosnian, Croatian), švajcarski (sh) (Serbian)
- Slovak: švajčiarsky
- Slovene: švícarski (sl)
- Spanish: suizo (es), helvético (es)
- Swedish: schweizisk (sv)
- Tagalog: Swiso
- Tajik: швейтсариягӣ (šveytsariyagī)
- Thai: สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ (th) (sà-wít-səə-lɛɛn), สวิส (sà-wís)
- Turkish: İsviçreli (tr)
- Turkmen: şweýsariýaly
- Ukrainian: швейца́рський (švejcársʹkyj)
- Urdu: سوئس (su'is)
- Uyghur: شىۋىتسارىيە (shiwitsariye)
- Uzbek: shveysariyalik (uz)
- Vietnamese: Thụy Sĩ (vi)
- Volapük: Jveizänik (vo)
- Welsh: Swisaidd, Swistirol
- Yiddish: שווייצער (shveytser)
- Zhuang: Nyeiqswq
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of or pertaining to the Swiss people
of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialect(s)
See also[edit]
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[edit]
Translations[edit]
Swiss person
- Albanian: zvicerian m, helvetas m
- Arabic: سْوِيسْرِيّ m (swīsriyy), سُوِيسْرِيّ m (suwīsriyy), سْوِيسْرِيَّة f (swīsriyya), سُوِيسْرِيَّة f (suwīsriyya)
- Armenian: շվեյցարացի (šveycʿaracʿi)
- Asturian: suizu (ast) m
- Azerbaijani: isveçrəli
- Belarusian: швейца́р m (švjejcár), швейца́рац m (švjejcárac), швейца́рка f (švjejcárka)
- Bulgarian: швейца́рец m (švejcárec), швейца́рка f (švejcárka)
- Catalan: suís (ca) m, suïssa (ca) f
- Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏫᏏ (aswisi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 瑞士人 (zh) (Ruìshìrén)
- Czech: Švýcar (cs) m, Švýcarka (cs) f
- Danish: schweizer (da) c
- Dutch: Zwitser (nl) m, Zwitserse (nl) f
- Esperanto: sviso m or f, virsviso m, svisino f
- 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 (suisujin)
- Kazakh: швейцариялық (şveisariälyq)
- Korean: 스위스 사람 (seuwiseu saram)
- Kyrgyz: швейцариялык (şveytsariyalık)
- Latvian: šveicietis m, šveiciete f
- Lithuanian: šveicaras (lt) m, šveicarė (lt) f
- Macedonian: Швајцарец m (Švajcarec), Швајцарка f (Švajcarka)
- 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:
- Cyrillic: Швица́рац m, Швѝца̄рка f, Швајцарац m, Швајцарка
- Roman: Švicárac (sh) m, Švìcārka f, Švajcarac m, Švajcarka 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
- Tajik: швейцариягӣ (šveytsariyagī)
- Turkish: İsviçreli (tr)
- Ukrainian: швейца́рець m (švejcárecʹ), швейца́рка f (švejcárka)
- Uzbek: shveysariyalik (uz)
- Volapük: Jveizänan (vo) m or f, hi-Jveizänan m, ji-Jveizänan (vo) f
- Welsh: Swisiad m or f
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Proper noun[edit]
Swiss
- (nonstandard) Swiss German; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland.
