swiss

UK /swɪs/ US /swɪs/
noun 2adj 1name 1verb 1

Definitions

adj

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”.

noun

1

A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.

2

Swiss cheese.

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

name

1

Swiss German; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland.

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