English Explanatory Dictionary

Swiss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
noun
  1. A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.
  2. Swiss cheese.
name
  1. Swiss German; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland.
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. An unincorporated community in Gasconade County, Missouri, named for Swiss immigrants.
  4. An unincorporated community in Yancey County, North Carolina.
  5. An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, named for a Swiss immigrant.
  6. A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
verb
  1. To prepare (meat, fabric, etc.) by rolling or pounding in order to soften it.

Pronunciation

/swɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Swiss.wav

Word forms

Swiss more Swiss most Swiss Swisses swissing swissed

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Switzer

Related words

Alemannic Swiss German

Derived words

Old Swiss Confederacy Swiss Alps Swiss Army knife Swiss Army penknife Swiss ball Swiss bar Swiss cheese Swiss Confederacy Swiss Cottage Swiss dagger Swissess Swiss franc Swiss French Swiss German Swissie Swissland Swiss lemonade Swissly Swissness Swiss roll Swiss system Swiss-turn
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary