Suisse

From Middle French Suisse.

• IPA^(key): /sɥis/

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Suisse m or f (plural Suisses, feminine Suissesse)

1. Swiss person

The traditional feminine Suissesse is often replaced with Suisse used as a female noun.[1]

un Suisse ― a Swiss person

une Suissesse ― a Swiss person [female]

une Suisse ― a Swiss person [female]

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Suisse f

1. Switzerland

• “Suisse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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From Middle High German Swīzer (“Switzerland”), from Swīz, from Old High German Suittes (attested 972), perhaps from the verb suedan "to burn", referring to a spot cleared by slash-and-burn, from Proto-Germanic *swīþaną (compare Old Norse svíða (“to burn, singe”)).

Suisse m (plural Suisses)

1. male Swiss person

Suisse f

1. Switzerland

• Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.

From Middle High German Swiz (“Switzerland”).

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La Suisse f

1. Switzerland