bernese
bernese Lexical Profile
• noun
A Bernese Mountain Dog; a large, heavy-coated, tri-colored breed of working dog originating from the Swiss Alps.
"They adopted a young Bernese that quickly grew large enough to pull the children in a cart."
A native or inhabitant of Bern, Switzerland.
"As a proud Bernese, he was deeply knowledgeable about the history of the Swiss plateau."
• adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Bern, the capital city or canton of Switzerland, or its inhabitants.
"We spent the afternoon admiring the traditional Bernese architecture in the Old City."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from 'Bern', the capital city and a canton of Switzerland, combined with the suffix '-ese' (from Latin '-ensis'), used to denote a resident, language, or relation to a place.
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