Swiss Meaning
/swɪs/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo prepare (meat, fabric, etc.) by rolling or pounding in order to soften it.
adjOf, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
Sentence Examples
Most Swiss people can speak three or four languages.
No place in the world is as beautiful as the Swiss Alps.
Millions were deposited in Swiss bank accounts.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The recipe for fondue calls for a special ____ cheese from the Alps.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He ordered a delicious sandwich with extra ____ cheese and fresh ham for his lunch at the local cafe today.
Word Origin & History
Adopted from Middle French Suisse in circa 1515, alongside the form Switzer directly loaned from German.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1911, James George Frazer, chapter V, in Taboo and the Perils of the Soul (The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion; II), third edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page 310:
"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”."
— 2020 October 23, Daniel Boffey, “UK presses for use of faster passport gates at EU airports post-Brexit”, in The Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The recipe for fondue calls for a special ____ cheese from the Alps.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He ordered a delicious sandwich with extra ____ cheese and fresh ham for his lunch at the local cafe today.