isle

See also: Isle, ísle, ìsle, and işle

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French isle, from Latin insula. Not closely related to island.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /aɪ̯l/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪl
• Homophones: I'll, aisle

Noun

isle (plural isles)

1. A (small) island.
2. Obsolete form of aisle.

Derived terms

• British Isles
• Fair Isle
• Isle of Dogs
• Isle of Ely
• Isle of Man
• Isle of Mull (see Mull)

• Isle of Portland
• Isle of Sheppey
• Isle of Skye (see Skye)
• Isle of Thanet
• Isle of Wight
• Scilly Isles, Isles of Scilly

Related terms

• insulate
• insulation
• islet

Translations

isle — see island

References

• isle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• %iles, Elis, Lise, Sile, leis, lies, sile

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French

Noun

isle f (plural isles)

1. Obsolete spelling of île

Anagrams

• élis, îles, lies, liés, Lise, lise, sile, silé

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Middle French

Etymology

From Latin insula.

Noun

isle f (plural isles)

1. island

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin insula.

Noun

isle f (oblique plural isles, nominative singular isle, nominative plural isles)

1. island

Descendants

edit

• Middle English:
  • English: isle, insula (borrowing)
• Middle French: isle
  • French: île, ile
    • Antillean Creole: zil
    • Haitian Creole: zil, zile
• Norman: île
• Walloon: iye

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Turkish

Verb

isle

1. second-person singular imperative of islemek

Antonyms

• isleme