Tessin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Tessin

Proper noun

Tessin

1. (dated) Ticino

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ticinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ.sɛ̃/ ~ /te.sɛ̃/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Proper noun

Tessin m

1. Ticino (a canton of Switzerland)

Derived terms

• tessinois m, tessinoise f
• Tessinois m, Tessinoise f

See also

cantons of Switzerland: cantons de la Suisseedit

• Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures
• Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures
• Argovie
• Bâle-Campagne
• Bâle-Ville
• Berne
• Fribourg
• Genève
• Glaris
• Grisons
• Jura
• Lucerne
• Neuchâtel
• Nidwald
• Obwald
• Saint-Gall
• Schaffhouse
• Schwytz
• Soleure
• Tessin
• Thurgovie
• Uri
• Valais
• Vaud
• Zoug
• Zurich

German

das Tessin

der Tessin

Alternative forms

• TI (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Audio (Switzerland):

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• Hyphenation: Tes‧sin

Proper noun

Tessin n (proper noun, genitive Tessins or (optionally with an article) Tessin)

1. Ticino (a canton of Switzerland)

   Synonym: Kanton Tessin

Proper noun

der Tessin m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Tessins)

1. Ticino (a left tributary of the Po in Switzerland and Italy)

Derived terms

• Tessiner
• tessinisch

See also

cantons of Switzerland: Kantone der Schweizedit

• Aargau
• Appenzell Ausserrhoden
• Appenzell Innerrhoden
• Basel-Landschaft
• Basel-Stadt
• Bern
• Freiburg
• Genf
• Glarus
• Graubünden
• Jura
• Luzern
• Neuenburg
• Nidwalden
• Obwalden
• Schaffhausen
• Schwyz
• Solothurn
• St. Gallen
• Tessin
• Thurgau
• Uri
• Waadt
• Wallis
• Zug
• Zürich

Further reading

• Kanton Tessin on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Tessin (Fluss) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Tessin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Tessin (Kanton)” in Duden online
• “Tessin (Fluss)” in Duden online
• “Tessin” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon