isle
nounUK, US /aɪ̯l/
Etymology 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.
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An island, usually very small. Compare with islet.
- Derived terms
37 terms
Balearic Isles, Black Isle, Bradbury and the Isle, British Isles, Deer Isle, enisle, Fair Isle, Grand Isle, inisle, isled, isleless, isleman, Isle of Arran, Isle of Britain, Isle of Dogs, Isle of Ely, Isle of Grain, Isle of Lewis, Isle of Man, Isle of Mull, Mull, Isle of Oxney, Isle of Portland, Isle of Purbeck, Isle of Sheppey, Isle of Skye, Isle of Thanet, Isle of Wight, islesman, isleward, islomania, Scilly Isles, Isles of Scilly, Small Isles, St Patrick's Isle, Summer Isles, tree isle- Related terms
- insulate, insulation, islet