isle
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English[edit]
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]
Noun[edit]
isle (plural isles)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
isle — see island
References[edit]
- isle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
isle f (plural isles)
- Obsolete spelling of île
Anagrams[edit]
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French isle, from Latin insula.
Noun[edit]
isle f (plural isles)
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)
Descendants[edit]
Turkish[edit]
Verb[edit]
isle
Antonyms[edit]
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