île
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ile"
FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ile (post-1990 spelling)
- isle (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
Originally written isle; from Middle French isle, from Old French isle, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Classical Latin īnsula. Compare isoler, péninsule and insulaire.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
île f (plural îles)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “île”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French isle, from Vulgar Latin *isula, from Classical Latin īnsula.
NounEdit
île f (plural îles)
Derived termsEdit
- Île Bouvet (“Bouvet Island”)
- Île dé Norfolk (“Norfolk Island”)
- Île dé Noué (“Christmas Island”)
- Île d'Rêunion (“Reunion Island”)
- Île Maurice (“Mauritius”)
- Îles Cocos (“Cocos Islands”)
- Îles Cook (“Cook Islands”)
- Îles dé Cayman (“Cayman Islands”)
- Îles dé Heard et McDonald (“Heard and McDonald Islands”)
- Îles dé Pitcairn (“Pitcairn Islands”)
- Îles d'la Manche (“Channel Islands”)
- Îles Dodécanèses (“Dodecanese”)
- Îles Faeroe (“Faroe Islands”)
- Îles Falkland (“Falkland Islands”)
- Îles Marshall (“Marshall Islands”)
- Îles Palau (“Palau Islands”)
- Îles Solomon (“Solomon Islands”)
- Îles Turks et Caicos (“Turks and Caicos islands”)
- L's Îles du Vent (“Windward Isles”)
- L's Îles souos l'Vent (“Leeward Isles”)