isle

See also: Isle, ísle, ìsle, and işle

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

isle (plural isles)

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

Derived terms

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

French

Noun

isle f (plural isles)

  1. Obsolete spelling of île
  2. (Louisiana) Alternative form of île

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin insula.

Noun

isle f (plural isles)

  1. island

Old French

Etymology

From Latin insula.

Noun

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

  1. island

Descendants

Turkish

Verb

isle

  1. second-person singular imperative of islemek

Antonyms

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