isle
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See also ìsle
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French isle, from Latin insula
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
isle (plural isles)
[edit] Translations
island — see island
[edit] Related terms
[edit] References
- isle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Anglo-Norman
[edit] Etymology
Reduced form of Latin insula
[edit] Noun
isle f. (oblique plural isles, nominative singular isle, nominative plural isles)
- an island
[edit] French
[edit] Noun
isle f. (plural isles)
- Obsolete spelling of île.
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Old French
[edit] Etymology
Reduced form of Latin insula
[edit] Noun
isle f. (oblique plural isles, nominative singular isle, nominative plural isles)
- an island
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