Berneseadj.n.

/bəːˈniːz/

Etymology: < Bern(e) (see below) + -ese suffix.

A. adj.

Of or pertaining to Bern (or Berne), a city and canton of Switzerland, or its inhabitants.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Switzerland > [adjective] > parts of Switzerland

Rhaetian1591

Rhaetical1611

Rhaetic1612

Bernese1816

Valaisian1917

Ticinese1964

Valaisan1970

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Swiss > [adjective] > parts of

Genevese1789

Bernese1816

Valaisian1917

Ticinese1964

Genevois1968

Valaisan1970

1816 Ld. Byron Let. 30 Sept. (1976) V. 108 I have lately been all over the Bernese Alps—& their lakes.

1822 tr. L. Simond Switzerland I. 218 I never saw such a proud looking set of men as the Bernese peasantry.

1904 J. M. Stone Reformation & Renaissance viii. 315 The Bernese army smashed all the statues of saints.

1939 S.P.E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) No. LII. 83 We speak of the Bernese Oberland.

B. n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Bern(e); also collective as plural.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Swiss > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Switzerland > parts of

Rhaetian1555

Genevese1650

Allobroges1652

Genevois1673

Zuricher1673

Bernois1687

Valaisan1776

Bernese1806

Valaisian1863

Ticinese1961

1806 Guthrie's New Geogr. Gram. (ed. 20) 533 The defeat of the Bernese was followed by the submission of nearly the whole of Switzerland.

1863 Miss Jemima's Swiss Jrnl. 3 July (1963) ii. 49 Stuffed bears, suspended by some patriotic Bernese under the eaves of his chalet.

1904 J. M. Stone Reformation & Renaissance viii. 315 If the Bernese gained a footing in Geneva.

2. = Bernese mountain dog n. at Compounds.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > miscellaneous types of

bear dog1581

xoloitzcuintli1780

St. Bernard1839

Maori dog1840

Leonberg1907

Rottweiler1909

Dobermann pinscher1917

corgi1926

Bernese mountain dog1935

kuvasz1935

Bernese1936

Entlebucher1937

Munsterlander1945

spinone1945

Swedish Vallhund.1947

labradoodle1955

xolo1956

cockapoo1960

maltipoo1968

peekapoo1968

Rottie1968

dorgi1975

Shar-Pei1976

bandog1984

goldendoodle2001

1936 Dog World Ann. 62 Swiss Mountain Dogs... The Bernese, from the Canton of Berne..is the only one with a long coat.

Compounds

Bernese mountain dog n. a large, long-coated, black dog of a breed originating in Switzerland.

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