isle
English edit
Etymology 1 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. Doublet of insula.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
isle (plural isles)
Derived terms edit
- Balearic Isles
- Black Isle
- British Isles
- Fair Isle
- Grand Isle
- Isle of Arran
- Isle of Britain
- Isle of Dogs
- Isle of Ely
- Isle of Grain
- Isle of Lewis
- Isle of Man
- Isle of Mull, see Mull
- Isle of Portland
- Isle of Purbeck
- Isle of Sheppey
- Isle of Skye, see Skye
- Isle of Thanet
- Isle of Wight
- Scilly Isles, Isles of Scilly
- Small Isles
- tree isle
Related terms edit
Translations edit
isle — see island
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
isle (plural isles)
Further reading edit
- “isle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Noun edit
isle f (plural isles)
Anagrams edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French isle, from Latin insula.
Noun edit
isle f (plural isles)
Descendants edit
- French: île (see there for further descendants)
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *isula, from Latin insula.
Noun edit
isle oblique singular, f (oblique plural isles, nominative singular isle, nominative plural isles)
Descendants edit
Turkish edit
Verb edit
isle