Swiss

adj

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

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.”

   “The government has said in a paper on the UK’s post-Brexit border operating model that it will “ensure that EU, EEA and Swiss citizens may also continue to use our e-passport gates and the existing queueing arrangements”.”

name

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

1. Swiss German; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland.
2. A place in the United States:
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:

noun

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

1. A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.
2. Swiss cheese.

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

verb

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