isle
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
isle (plural isles)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
isle — see island
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
isle (plural isles)
- Obsolete spelling of aisle
Further readingEdit
- isle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
NounEdit
isle f (plural isles)
- Obsolete spelling of île
AnagramsEdit
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French isle, from Latin insula.
NounEdit
isle f (plural isles)
DescendantsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *isula, from Latin insula.
NounEdit
isle f (oblique plural isles, nominative singular isle, nominative plural isles)
DescendantsEdit
TurkishEdit
VerbEdit
isle