Zermatt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzɜːmat/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzɝmɑt/

Proper noun

Zermatt

A municipality and ski resort town in Valais canton, Switzerland.

Translations

municipality and ski resort town

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Chinese:
Mandarin: 采爾馬特 / 采尔马特 (Cǎi'ěrmǎtè), 策馬特 / 策马特 (Cèmǎtè)
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German: Zermatt (de) n
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Japanese: ツェルマット (Tserumatto)
Korean: 체어마트 (cheeomateu)
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Russian: Це́рматт m (Cérmatt)
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German

Etymology

From Matte (“meadow”), with the fused preposition zur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sɛrˈmat/
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Proper noun

Zermatt n (proper noun, strong, genitive Zermatts)

Zermatt (a municipality and ski resort town in Valais canton, Switzerland)

Further reading

Zermatt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Zermatt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Zermatt” in Duden online
“Zermatt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon