Suisse

== Franco-Provençal == === Proper noun === Suisse f Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe) == French == === Etymology === From Middle French Suisse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɥis/ Rhymes: -is === Noun === Suisse m or f (plural Suisses, feminine Suissesse) Swiss person alternative letter-case form of suisse (“guard”). ==== Usage notes ==== The traditional feminine Suissesse is often replaced with Suisse used as a female noun. un Suisse ― a Swiss person une Suissesse ― a Swiss person [female] une Suisse ― a Swiss person [female] ==== Related terms ==== suisse === Proper noun === Suisse f Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Chinese: 瑞士 (Ruìshì) → Japanese: スイス (Suisu) → Korean: 스위스 (Seuwiseu) → Persian: سوئیس (su'is) === See also === === References === === Further reading === “Suisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === issues == Middle French == === Etymology === From Middle High German Swīzer (“male person from the valley or the town of Schwyz”), from Swīz (“the valley or the town of Schwyz”), from Old High German Suittes (“the town of Schwyz”) (attested 972), perhaps from the verb swīdan (“to burn”), referring to a spot cleared by slash-and-burn, from Proto-West Germanic *swīþan, from Proto-Germanic *swīþaną (compare Old Norse svíða (“to burn, singe”)). === Pronunciation === === Noun === Suisse m (plural Suisses) male Swiss person ==== Descendants ==== → English: Swiss === Proper noun === Suisse f Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe) === References === Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006. == Norman == === Etymology === From Middle High German Swīz (“the valley or the town of Schwyz”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === La Suisse f Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)