Fliese

tile (on walls or floors, not roof tile)

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

blättli

Basel-Landschaft

boodeblättli

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfliːzə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German: vlīse

Cognate with Swedish: flis

In summary

Borrowed from Middle Low German vlīse, from Proto-Germanic *flīsō (“split chip”), a nasalized dental extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”), whence also Proto-Germanic *splītaną (“to split”). Cognate with Swedish flis (“wood chips”) (DWDS).

Concepts

tile

flag

flagstone

slab

Synonyms

Kachel

Platte

Fliesenplatte

Steinplatte

Keramikplatte

Bienenfresser

Keramikfliese

Dachziegel

Fahne

Ziegel

Translations

tegel

azulejo

losa

carreau

mattonella

baldosa

plavuis

tegelsteen

tichel

piastrella

azulejo

laje

dalle

ladrilho

rajola