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Etymology
Adopted from Middle French Suisse in circa 1515, alongside the form Switzer directly loaned from German.
Pronunciation
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) (šveycʻarakan)
- Asturian: suizu (ast)
- Belarusian: швейца́рскі (švjejcárski)
- Bulgarian: швейца́рски (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 (ja) (Suisu no)
- Kapampangan: Swisu m, Swisa f
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- 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 (sh)
- 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)
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of or pertaining to the Swiss people
of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialect(s)
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 (šveycʻaracʻi)
- 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
- 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 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
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- 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) m or f, hi-Jveizänan m, ji-Jveizänan (vo) f
- Welsh: Swisiad m or f
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Proper noun
Swiss
- The variety of German spoken in Switzerland.
