Swiss

See also: swiss

English

Etymology

Adopted from Middle French Suisse in circa 1515, alongside the form Switzer directly loaned from German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: swiss
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Adjective

Swiss (comparative more Swiss, superlative most Swiss)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
   • 1911, James George Frazer, chapter V, in Taboo and the Perils of the Soul (The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion; II), third edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page 310:

     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.

Derived terms

• Swiss Alps
• Swiss Army knife
• Swiss Army penknife
• Swiss ball
• Swiss bar
• Swiss cheese
• Swiss Cottage
• Swiss dagger
• Swiss franc
• Swiss German
• Swissness
• Swiss roll
• Swiss system
• Swiss-turn

 

Translations

of or pertaining to Switzerland

• Afrikaans: Switsers (af)
• Albanian: zvicerian
• Arabic: سْوِيسْرِيّ (swīsriyy), سُوِيسْرِيّ (suwīsriyy)
• Armenian: շվեյցարական (hy) (šveycʻarakan)
• 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), შვეიცარიული (šveicariuli)
• 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
• Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: швајцарски (švajcarski)
• Malay: Switzerland (ms)
• 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)

• Sicilian: sbìzziru, erbèticu
• Slovak: švajčiarsky (sk)
• Slovene: švícarski (sl)
• Spanish: suizo (es), helvético (es)
• Swedish: schweizisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Swiso
• Tajik: швейтсариягӣ (šveytsariyagi)
• 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

of or pertaining to the Swiss people

• Afrikaans: Switsers (af)
• Armenian: շվեյցարական (hy) (šveycʻarakan)
• Asturian: suizu (ast)
• Belarusian: швейца́рскі (švjejcárski), швайца́рскі (švajcárski) (Taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: швейца́рски (švejcárski)
• Catalan: suís (ca)
• Czech: švýcarský (cs)
• Danish: schweizisk
• Dutch: Zwitsers (nl)
• Esperanto: svisa
• Faroese: sveisiskur
• Finnish: sveitsiläinen (fi)
• French: suisse (fr)
• Galician: suízo (gl)
• German: schweizerisch (de)
• Hawaiian: Kuikilani
• Hungarian: svájci (hu)
• Icelandic: svissneskur
• Irish: Eilvéiseach
• Italian: svizzero (it)
• Japanese: スイスの (ja) (Suisu no)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sveitsisk

  Nynorsk: sveitsisk (nn)

• Polish: szwajcarski (pl)
• Portuguese: suíço (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)

• Sicilian: sbìzziru, erbèticu
• Slovene: švícarski (sl)
• Spanish: suizo (es)
• Swedish: schweizisk (sv)
• Thai: สวิส (sà-wís)
• Volapük: Jveizänanik m or f, hi-Jveizänanik m, ji-Jveizänanik f
• Welsh: Swisaidd
• Yiddish: שווייצער (shveytser)

of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialect(s)

• Afrikaans: Switsers (af)
• Bulgarian: швейца́рски (švejcárski)
• Catalan: suís (ca)
• Cherokee: ᏍᏫᏏ (swisi)
• Czech: švýcarský (cs)
• Danish: schweizisk
• Dutch: Zwitsers (nl)
• Esperanto: svisa
• Faroese: sveisiskur
• Finnish: sveitsiläinen (fi)
• French: suisse (fr)
• Galician: suízo (gl)
• German: schweizerisch (de)
• Hungarian: svájci (hu)
• Icelandic: svissneskur
• Italian: svizzero (it)
• Japanese: スイスの (ja) (Suisu no)
• Kapampangan: Swisu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sveitsisk

  Nynorsk: sveitsisk (nn)

• Polish: szwajcarski (pl)
• Portuguese: suíço (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)

• Sicilian: sbìzziru, erbèticu
• Slovene: švícarski (sl)
• Spanish: suizo (es)
• Swedish: schweizisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Swiso
• Thai: สวิส (sà-wís)
• Volapük: Jveizänapükik
• Welsh: Swisaidd

See also

• Alemannic
• Swiss German

Noun

Swiss (countable and uncountable, plural Swisses or Swiss)

1. (countable) A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.
2. (uncountable) Swiss cheese.

   My favourite sandwich has roast beef and Swiss on rye bread.

Translations

Swiss person

• Afrikaans: Switser
• Albanian: zvicerian m, helvetas m
• Arabic: سْوِيسْرِيّ m (swīsriyy), سُوِيسْرِيّ m (suwīsriyy), سْوِيسْرِيَّة f (swīsriyya), سُوِيسْرِيَّة f (suwīsriyya)
• 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, 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: შვეიცარიელი (ka) (šveicarieli)
• 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: 스위스인 (seuwiseu'in), 스위스 사람 (seuwiseu saram)
• Kyrgyz: швейцариялык (şveytsariyalık)
• Latvian: šveicietis m, šveiciete f
• Lithuanian: šveicaras (lt) m, šveicarė (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
• 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
• Sranan Tongo: Swiska
• Swahili: Mswisi (sw)
• Swedish: schweizare (sv) c, schweiziska (sv) c
• Tajik: швейцариягӣ (šveytsariyagi)
• 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

Proper noun

Swiss

1. (nonstandard) Swiss German; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland.

Indonesian

Etymology

From English Swiss, reinforced by French Suisse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs(u)wɪs/
• Rhymes: -is

Proper noun

Swiss

1. Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)

Adjective

Swiss

1. Swiss

See also

• (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belanda, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia dan Herzegovina, Britania Raya, Bulgaria, Ceko, Denmark, Estonia, Finlandia, Georgia, Hongaria, Irlandia, Islandia, Italia, Jerman, Kazakhstan, Kroasia, Latvia, Listenstaina, Lituania, Luksemburg, Makedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Norwegia, Perancis, Polandia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Siprus, Slovenia, Slowakia, Spanyol, Swedia, Swiss, Turki, Ukraina, Yunani, Vatikan

Further reading

• “Swiss” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.