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Swiss

//swɪs// adj, name, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Swiss German; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland. nonstandard
Noun
  1. 1
    A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent. countable
  2. 2
    the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland wordnet
  3. 3
    Swiss cheese. uncountable

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

Verb
  1. 1
    To prepare (meat, fabric, etc.) by rolling or pounding in order to soften it. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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