insulo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin īnsula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [inˈsulo]
• Rhymes: -ulo
• Hyphenation: in‧su‧lo

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Noun

insulo (accusative singular insulon, plural insuloj, accusative plural insulojn)

1. island
   • 2000 June, W. M. A. De Smet, “La “drakoj” de Komodo: Gigantaj bestoj sur izola insulo”, in Monato, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19:

     Sur la negranda indonezia insulo Komodo vivas rimarkinde grandaj reptilioj kiuj ĝenerale estas citataj per la malĝusta nomo “Komodo-drakoj”.

     On the small Indonesian island of Komodo, there live remarkably large reptiles which are generally referred to by the incorrect name of "Komodo dragons".

Derived terms

• duoninsulo (“peninsula”)
• glaciinsulo (“iceberg”)
• insulano (“islander”)
• insularo (“group of islands, archipelago”)
• insuleco (“island condition, isolation”)
• insuleto (“small island, islet”)
• trafikinsulo (“traffic island”)

 

Ido

Noun

insulo (plural insuli)

1. island

Latin

Etymology

From īnsula (“island”) +‎ -ō (denominative verb suffix), on the model of French isoler.

Verb

īnsulō (present infinitive īnsulāre, perfect active īnsulāvī, supine īnsulātum); first conjugation

1. (New Latin) to insulate
   • 1776, W. B. Jelgersma, Specimen experimentorum lagenam Leidensem spectantium, volume 1, page 200:

     Ast cur tum Lagena N. 8 idem non praestat, si eodem modo insuletur?

     But why does jar N. 8 not then act the same if it is insulated the same way?

   • 1791, Luigi Galvani, “De Viribus Electricitatis In Motu Musculari Commentarius”, in De Bononiensi scientiarum et artium Instituto atque academia commentarii, volume 7, page 369:

     Primo itaque electricam machinam, et eum, qui illam versabat, insulavimus.

     Accordingly we first insulated the electrical machine and the person operating it.

   • 1793, Christoph Heinrich Pfaff, Diss. inaug. med. de electricitate sic dicta animali, page 22:

     Postrema methodo, si scilicet extremitates ut ajunt insulaveram, contractionum vis non aucta erat nec duratio.

     By the last method, that is, if I had, as they say, insulated the extremities, neither the force nor the duration of the contractions would have increased.

Conjugation

Conjugation of īnsulō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnsulō	īnsulās	īnsulat	īnsulāmus	īnsulātis	īnsulant
	imperfect	īnsulābam	īnsulābās	īnsulābat	īnsulābāmus	īnsulābātis	īnsulābant
	future	īnsulābō	īnsulābis	īnsulābit	īnsulābimus	īnsulābitis	īnsulābunt
	perfect	īnsulāvī	īnsulāvistī	īnsulāvit	īnsulāvimus	īnsulāvistis	īnsulāvērunt, īnsulāvēre
	pluperfect	īnsulāveram	īnsulāverās	īnsulāverat	īnsulāverāmus	īnsulāverātis	īnsulāverant
	future perfect	īnsulāverō	īnsulāveris	īnsulāverit	īnsulāverimus	īnsulāveritis	īnsulāverint
passive	present	īnsulor	īnsulāris, īnsulāre	īnsulātur	īnsulāmur	īnsulāminī	īnsulantur
	imperfect	īnsulābar	īnsulābāris, īnsulābāre	īnsulābātur	īnsulābāmur	īnsulābāminī	īnsulābantur
	future	īnsulābor	īnsulāberis, īnsulābere	īnsulābitur	īnsulābimur	īnsulābiminī	īnsulābuntur
	perfect	īnsulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnsulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnsulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnsulem	īnsulēs	īnsulet	īnsulēmus	īnsulētis	īnsulent
	imperfect	īnsulārem	īnsulārēs	īnsulāret	īnsulārēmus	īnsulārētis	īnsulārent
	perfect	īnsulāverim	īnsulāverīs	īnsulāverit	īnsulāverīmus	īnsulāverītis	īnsulāverint
	pluperfect	īnsulāvissem	īnsulāvissēs	īnsulāvisset	īnsulāvissēmus	īnsulāvissētis	īnsulāvissent
passive	present	īnsuler	īnsulēris, īnsulēre	īnsulētur	īnsulēmur	īnsulēminī	īnsulentur
	imperfect	īnsulārer	īnsulārēris, īnsulārēre	īnsulārētur	īnsulārēmur	īnsulārēminī	īnsulārentur
	perfect	īnsulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnsulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	īnsulā	—	—	īnsulāte	—
	future	—	īnsulātō	īnsulātō	—	īnsulātōte	īnsulantō
passive	present	—	īnsulāre	—	—	īnsulāminī	—
	future	—	īnsulātor	īnsulātor	—	—	īnsulantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnsulāre	īnsulāvisse	īnsulātūrum esse	īnsulārī	īnsulātum esse	īnsulātum īrī
participles		īnsulāns	—	īnsulātūrus	—	īnsulātus	īnsulandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		īnsulandī	īnsulandō	īnsulandum	īnsulandō	īnsulātum	īnsulātū

Related terms

• īnsulātus

Portuguese

Verb

insulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of insular

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈinsulo]

Noun

insulo f

1. vocative singular of insulă