isle

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See also: Isle, ísle, ìsle, and işle

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English ile, yle (with s added, similar to English island), borrowed from Old French ille, idle, isle, from Latin insula. Not related to island.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /aɪ̯l/
  • Audio (US)
    		(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪl
  • Homophones: I'll, aisle

Noun[edit]

isle (plural isles)

  1. A (small) island, compare with islet.
  2. Obsolete form of aisle.

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Derived terms

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Translations[edit]

isle — see island

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French[edit]

Noun[edit]

isle f (plural isles)

  1. Obsolete spelling of île

Anagrams[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French isle, from Latin insula.

Noun[edit]

isle f (plural isles)

  1. island

Descendants[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *isula, from Latin insula.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. island

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Turkish[edit]

Verb[edit]

isle

  1. second-person singular imperative of islemek

Antonyms[edit]

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