Meanings
proper noun
- A valley and district in Bern canton, Switzerland.
- alternativeAlternative form of Emmentaler (“Swiss cheese with many holes”).
Well, there are more holes in that argument than in a chunk of Emmental.
2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42
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Origin
- Alemannic German[Term?]
- EnglishEmmental
From Alemannic German [Term?] (literally “Emme's valley”), named after the river Emme.
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APA
Emmental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emmental
MLA
“Emmental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emmental. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Emmental,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emmental.
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