isle

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See also: Isle, ísle, ìsle, and işle

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

isle (plural isles)

  1. An island, usually very small. Compare with islet.
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Etymology 2

Noun

isle (plural isles)

  1. Obsolete spelling of aisle.

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French

Noun

isle f (plural isles)

  1. Obsolete spelling of île.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French isle, from Latin insula.

Noun

isle f (plural isles)

  1. island

Descendants

  • French: île (see there for further descendants)

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *isula, from Latin insula.

Noun

isle oblique singular, f (oblique plural isles, nominative singular isle, nominative plural isles)

  1. island

Descendants

  • Middle French: isle
    • French: île (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: île
  • Walloon: iye
  • → Middle English: yle, ile

Turkish

Verb

isle

  1. second-person singular imperative of islemek
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