Definitions for Swiss
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swiss, Swiss peopleadjective

   the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland

2. Swissadjective

   of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture

   "the Swiss army"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swissnoun

   A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.

2. Swissadjective

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

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

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swiss

   Swiss International Air Lines AG, colloquially known as SWISS, is the flag carrier of Switzerland, operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Zurich Airport serves as its sole hub and Geneva Airport as a focus city. The airline was formed following the bankruptcy in 2002 of Swissair, Switzerland's then flag carrier. The new airline was built around what had been Swissair's regional subsidiary, Crossair. Swiss retains Crossair's IATA code LX (Swissair's code was SR). It assumed Swissair's old ICAO code of SWR (Crossair's was CRX), to maintain international traffic rights. It is a member of Star Alliance and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group. Its headquarters are at EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg near Basel, Switzerland, and an office at Zurich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland. The company's registered office is in Basel.On 18 November 2020, it was announced that Dieter Vranckx would assume the position of CEO as of 1 January 2021. Vranckx has 20 years of experience within the Lufthansa Group and is currently CEO of Lufthansa Group member Brussels Airlines, a position he has held since the start of 2020.

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1. swiss

   Swiss typically refers to something relating or belonging to Switzerland. It could refer to a person from Switzerland (Swiss national), the languages spoken in Switzerland (e.g., Swiss German, Swiss French), culture, or products (Swiss cheese, Swiss watch). It could also refer to a type of neutrality or impartiality, derived from Switzerland's global position of neutrality.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swiss

   a native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people of Switzerland

2. Swissadjective

   of or pertaining to Switzerland, or the people of Switzerland

3. Etymology: [F. Suisse, of German origin. Cf. Switzer.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swiss

   swis, adj. of or belonging to Switzerland.—n. a native of Switzerland: the language of Switzerland: a High German patois, spoken in fifteen of the cantons.—n. Swit′zer, a native of Switzerland: one of a hired bodyguard of a king or pope.—Swiss Guards, a celebrated corps or regiment of Swiss mercenaries in the French army of the old régime, constituted 'Gardes' by royal decree in 1616.

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1. swiss

   Song lyrics by swiss -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by swiss on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SWISS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Swiss is ranked #48160 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Swiss surname appeared 439 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Swiss.
   
   95.9% or 421 total occurrences were White.
   2.7% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Swiss' in Adjectives Frequency: #785

How to pronounce Swiss?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Swiss in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Swiss in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Swiss in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Swiss in a Sentence

1. Swiss National Bank:

   UBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse, this takeover was made possible with the support of the Swiss federal government, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority and the Swiss National Bank.

2. Raymond Chandler:

   Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down patois which is something like the way a Swiss waiter talks, and that when I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split, and when I interrupt the velvety smoothness of my more or less literate syntax with a few sudden words of bar-room vernacular, that is done with the eyes wide open and the mind relaxed but attentive.

3. Belinda Bencic:

   I'm super happy with how I fought in the first set, it was not easy, the Swiss was slowing the pace down well. It was tactically good from The Swiss, serving bombs, serving aces so it wasn't easy.

4. Marco Bueter:

   If you go into the kitchen between operations to have a coffee you always, always, hear someone speaking high German, if the Germans weren't there, there would be a big, big problem for the Swiss health system.

5. Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi:

   Iran has issued the necessary warnings through official channels, especially the Swiss embassy, to American officials not to commit such an error because it would have heavy consequences.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Swiss
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Swiss
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Swiss
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Swiss
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html