adj
Meaning 1
Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Swiss
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/swɪs/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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homophone: swiss
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rhymes with -ɪs
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homophone: Swiss
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CMU ARPABET: S W IH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Swiss German; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Gasconade County, Missouri, named for Swiss immigrants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 4
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Yancey County, North Carolina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 5
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, named for a Swiss immigrant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 6
A place in the United States:
A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Switzer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
Swiss cheese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- My favourite sandwich has roast beef and Swiss on rye bread.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To prepare (meat, fabric, etc.) by rolling or pounding in order to soften it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective
Meaning 10
of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Swiss army
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Swiss people
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nation, land, country
Narrower terms: Genevan
History
Etymology
Adopted from Middle French Suisse in circa 1515, alongside the form Switzer directly loaned from German.
Across languages
Translations
284 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Switsers — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Albanian: zvicerian — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Arabic: سْوِيسْرِيّ (swīsriyy) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Arabic: سُوِيسْرِيّ (suwīsriyy) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Armenian: շվեյցարական (šveycʻarakan) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Asturian: suizu — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Azerbaijani: isveçrəli — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Belarusian: швейца́рскі (švjejcárski) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Belarusian: швайца́рскі (švajcárski) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Bengali: সুইস (śuiś) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Bulgarian: швейца́рски (švejcárski) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Burmese: ဆွစ်ဇာလန် (hcwacjalan) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Catalan: suís — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Chinese Mandarin: 瑞士 (Ruìshì) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Cornish: swiss — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Czech: švýcarský — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Danish: schweizisk — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Dutch: Zwitsers — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Esperanto: svislanda — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Esperanto: svisuja — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Esperanto: svisia — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Estonian: sveitsi — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Faroese: sveisiskur — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Finnish: sveitsiläinen — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- French: suisse — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- French: helvétique — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Friulian: svuizar — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Galician: suízo — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Georgian: შვეიცარული (šveicaruli) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Georgian: შვეიცარიული (šveicariuli) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- German: schweizerisch — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- German: schweizländisch — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- German: Schweizer — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Greek: ελβετικός (elvetikós) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Hawaiian: Kuikilani — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Hebrew: שְׁוֵיצָרִי (shveitsári) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Hindi: स्विस (svis) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Hungarian: svájci — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Icelandic: svissneskur — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Irish: Eilvéiseach — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Italian: svizzero — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Italian: elvetico — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Japanese: スイスの (Suisu no) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Kapampangan: Swisu — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Kazakh: швейцариялық (şveisariälyq) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Khmer: ស្វីស (sviih) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Korean: 스위스의 (Seuwiseu-ui) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Kyrgyz: швейцариялык (şveytsariyalık) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Lao: ສະວິດເຊີແລນ (sa wit sœ̄ lǣn) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Lao: ສະວິດ (sa wit) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Latin: helvēticus — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Latvian: šveiciešu — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Latvian: šveicietis — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Ligurian: svìsseo — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Lithuanian: šveicarų — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Lithuanian: šveicariškas — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Macedonian: швајцарски (švajcarski) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Malay: Switzerland — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Manx: Elveishagh — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Mongolian: швейцар (švejcar) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Norwegian Bokmål: sveitsisk — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sveitsisk — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Persian: سوئیسی (su'isi) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Persian: سویسی (suvisi) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Polish: szwajcarski — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Portuguese: suíço — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Portuguese: helvético — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Romanian: elvețian — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Romansh: svizzer — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Russian: швейца́рский (švejcárskij) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Scottish Gaelic: Eilbheiseach — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Serbo-Croatian: шви̏царскӣ — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Serbo-Croatian: швајцарски — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Serbo-Croatian: švȉcarskī — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Serbo-Croatian: švajcarski — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Sicilian: sbìzziru — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Sicilian: erbèticu — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Slovak: švajčiarsky — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Slovene: švícarski — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Spanish: suizo — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Spanish: helvético — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Swedish: schweizisk — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Tagalog: Swiso — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Tajik: швейтсариягӣ (šveytsariyagi) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Thai: สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ (sà-wít-səə-lɛɛn) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Thai: สวิส (sà-wís) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Turkish: İsviçreli — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Turkmen: şweýsariýaly — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Ukrainian: швейца́рський (švejcársʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Urdu: سوئس (su'is) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Uyghur: شىۋىتسارىيە (shiwitsariye) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Uzbek: shveysariyalik — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Vietnamese: Thụy Sĩ — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Volapük: Jveizänik — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Welsh: Swisaidd — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Welsh: Swistirol — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Yiddish: שווייצער (shveytser) — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Zhuang: Nyeiqswq — of or pertaining to Switzerland
- Afrikaans: Switsers — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Armenian: շվեյցարական (šveycʻarakan) — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Asturian: suizu — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Belarusian: швейца́рскі (švjejcárski) — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Belarusian: швайца́рскі (švajcárski) — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Bulgarian: швейца́рски (švejcárski) — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Catalan: suís — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Czech: švýcarský — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Danish: schweizisk — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Dutch: Zwitsers — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Esperanto: svisa — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Faroese: sveisiskur — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Finnish: sveitsiläinen — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- French: suisse — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Galician: suízo — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- German: schweizerisch — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Hawaiian: Kuikilani — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Hungarian: svájci — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Icelandic: svissneskur — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Irish: Eilvéiseach — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Italian: svizzero — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Japanese: スイスの (Suisu no) — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Norwegian Bokmål: sveitsisk — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sveitsisk — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Polish: szwajcarski — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Portuguese: suíço — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Romanian: elvețian — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Romansh: svizzer — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Russian: швейца́рский (švejcárskij) — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Scottish Gaelic: Eilbheiseach — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Serbo-Croatian: шви̏царскӣ — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Serbo-Croatian: швајцарски — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Serbo-Croatian: švȉcarskī — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Serbo-Croatian: švajcarski — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Sicilian: sbìzziru — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Sicilian: erbèticu — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Slovene: švícarski — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Spanish: suizo — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Swedish: schweizisk — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Thai: สวิส (sà-wís) — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Volapük: Jveizänanik — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Volapük: hi-Jveizänanik — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Volapük: ji-Jveizänanik — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Welsh: Swisaidd — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Yiddish: שווייצער (shveytser) — of or pertaining to the Swiss people
- Afrikaans: Switsers — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Bulgarian: швейца́рски (švejcárski) — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Catalan: suís — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Cherokee: ᏍᏫᏏ (swisi) — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Czech: švýcarský — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Danish: schweizisk — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Dutch: Zwitsers — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Esperanto: svisa — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Faroese: sveisiskur — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Finnish: sveitsiläinen — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- French: suisse — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Galician: suízo — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- German: schweizerisch — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Hungarian: svájci — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Icelandic: svissneskur — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Italian: svizzero — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Japanese: スイスの (Suisu no) — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Kapampangan: Swisu — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Norwegian Bokmål: sveitsisk — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sveitsisk — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Polish: szwajcarski — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Portuguese: suíço — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Romanian: elvețian — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Romansh: svizzer — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Russian: швейца́рский (švejcárskij) — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Scottish Gaelic: Eilbheiseach — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Serbo-Croatian: шви̏царскӣ — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Serbo-Croatian: швајцарски — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Serbo-Croatian: švȉcarskī — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Serbo-Croatian: švajcarski — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Sicilian: sbìzziru — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Sicilian: erbèticu — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Slovene: švícarski — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Spanish: suizo — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Swedish: schweizisk — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Tagalog: Swiso — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Thai: สวิส (sà-wís) — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Volapük: Jveizänapükik — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Welsh: Swisaidd — of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialects
- Afrikaans: Switser — Swiss person
- Albanian: zvicerian — Swiss person
- Albanian: helvetas — Swiss person
- Arabic: سْوِيسْرِيّ (swīsriyy) — Swiss person
- Arabic: سُوِيسْرِيّ (suwīsriyy) — Swiss person
- Arabic: سْوِيسْرِيَّة (swīsriyya) — Swiss person
- Arabic: سُوِيسْرِيَّة (suwīsriyya) — Swiss person
- Armenian: շվեյցարացի (šveycʻaracʻi) — Swiss person
- Asturian: suizu — Swiss person
- Asturian: suiza — Swiss person
- Azerbaijani: isveçrəli — Swiss person
- Belarusian: швейца́р (švjejcár) — Swiss person
- Belarusian: швейца́рац (švjejcárac) — Swiss person
- Belarusian: швейца́рка (švjejcárka) — Swiss person
- Bulgarian: швейца́рец (švejcárec) — Swiss person
- Bulgarian: швейца́рка (švejcárka) — Swiss person
- Catalan: suís — Swiss person
- Catalan: suïssa — Swiss person
- Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏫᏏ (aswisi) — Swiss person
- Chinese Mandarin: 瑞士人 (Ruìshìrén) — Swiss person
- Czech: Švýcar — Swiss person
- Czech: Švýcarka — Swiss person
- Danish: schweizer — Swiss person
- Dutch: Zwitser — Swiss person
- Dutch: Zwitserse — Swiss person
- Esperanto: sviso — Swiss person
- Esperanto: virsviso — Swiss person
- Esperanto: svisino — Swiss person
- Estonian: sveitslane — Swiss person
- Faroese: sveisari — Swiss person
- Finnish: sveitsiläinen — Swiss person
- French: Suisse — Swiss person
- French: Suissesse — Swiss person
- Galician: suízo — Swiss person
- Galician: suíza — Swiss person
- Georgian: შვეიცარიელი (šveicarieli) — Swiss person
- German: Schweizer — Swiss person
- German: Schweizerin — Swiss person
- German: Schwyzer — Swiss person
- German: Schwyzerin — Swiss person
- German: Schwiizer — Swiss person
- German: Schwiizerin — Swiss person
- German: Schwizer — Swiss person
- German: Schwizerin — Swiss person
- Hungarian: svájci — Swiss person
- Icelandic: Svisslendingur — Swiss person
- Icelandic: Svissari — Swiss person
- Irish: Eilvéiseach — Swiss person
- Italian: svizzero — Swiss person
- Italian: svizzera — Swiss person
- Japanese: スイス人 (suisujin) — Swiss person
- Kazakh: швейцариялық (şveisariälyq) — Swiss person
- Korean: 스위스인 (seuwiseu'in) — Swiss person
- Korean: 스위스 사람 (seuwiseu saram) — Swiss person
- Kyrgyz: швейцариялык (şveytsariyalık) — Swiss person
- Latvian: šveicietis — Swiss person
- Latvian: šveiciete — Swiss person
- Lithuanian: šveicaras — Swiss person
- Lithuanian: šveicarė — Swiss person
- Macedonian: Швајцарец (Švajcarec) — Swiss person
- Macedonian: Швајцарка (Švajcarka) — Swiss person
- Norwegian Bokmål: sveitser — Swiss person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sveitsar — Swiss person
- Polish: Szwajcar — Swiss person
- Polish: Szwajcarka — Swiss person
- Portuguese: suíço — Swiss person
- Portuguese: suíça — Swiss person
- Romanian: elvețian — Swiss person
- Romanian: elvețiană — Swiss person
- Romanian: elvețiancă — Swiss person
- Russian: швейца́рец (švejcárec) — Swiss person
- Russian: швейца́рка (švejcárka) — Swiss person
- Scottish Gaelic: Eilbheiseach — Swiss person
- Serbo-Croatian: Швица́рац — Swiss person
- Serbo-Croatian: Швѝца̄рка — Swiss person
- Serbo-Croatian: Швајцарац — Swiss person
- Serbo-Croatian: Швајцарка — Swiss person
- Serbo-Croatian: Švicárac — Swiss person
- Serbo-Croatian: Švìcārka — Swiss person
- Serbo-Croatian: Švajcarac — Swiss person
- Serbo-Croatian: Švajcarka — Swiss person
- Sicilian: sbìzziru — Swiss person
- Sicilian: sbìzzira — Swiss person
- Slovak: Švajčiar — Swiss person
- Slovak: Švajčiarka — Swiss person
- Slovene: Švícar — Swiss person
- Slovene: Švícarka — Swiss person
- Spanish: suizo — Swiss person
- Spanish: suiza — Swiss person
- Sranan Tongo: Swiska — Swiss person
- Swahili: Mswisi — Swiss person
- Swedish: schweizare — Swiss person
- Swedish: schweiziska — Swiss person
- Tajik: швейцариягӣ (šveycariyagi) — Swiss person
- Turkish: İsviçreli — Swiss person
- Ukrainian: швейца́рець (švejcárecʹ) — Swiss person
- Ukrainian: швейца́рка (švejcárka) — Swiss person
- Uzbek: shveysariyalik — Swiss person
- Volapük: Jveizänan — Swiss person
- Volapük: hi-Jveizänan — Swiss person
- Volapük: ji-Jveizänan — Swiss person
- Welsh: Swisiad — Swiss person
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