of, relating to, or characteristic of Switzerland, its inhabitants, or their dialects of German, French, and Italian
a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Switzerland
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
Swiss /swɪs/USA pronunciation n., pl. Swiss, adj.
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025n. [countable]
- Language Varietiesa person born or living in Switzerland.
- Language Varietiesof or relating to Switzerland.
adj.
Swiss (swis),USA pronunciation
adj.
n.
- Language Varietiesof, pertaining to, associated with, or characteristic of Switzerland or its inhabitants.
n.
- Language Varietiesa native or inhabitant of Switzerland.
- Textiles(sometimes l.c.) See Swiss muslin.
- FoodSee Swiss cheese.
- Middle High German Swīz
- Middle French suisse
- 1505–15
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- Argand burner
- Argand diagram
- Balmer
- Balmer series
- Barth
- Bern
- Bernese mountain dog
- Bernoulli
- Bleuler
- Bloch
- Bovet
- Brown Swiss
- Brunner
- Brunner's gland
- Burckhardt
- Candolle
- Cortot
- Cramer's rule
- Ducommun
- Dunant
- Dürrenmatt
- Emmenthal
- Emmenthaler
- Erastus
- Euler
- Federer
- Fischer
- Frank
- Frisch
- Fuseli
- Geneva bands
- Gesner
- Giacometti
- Gobat
- Guillaume
- H and D curve
- Haller
- Helvetian
- Holliger
- Huguenot
- Jaques-Dalcroze
- Kauffmann
- Keller
- Klee