isle
English
/aɪ̯l/
noun
Definitions
- A (small) island, compare with islet.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ile borrowed from Old French ille derived from Latin insula (island).
Origin
Latin
insula
Gloss
island
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
島
Emoji
🏝️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Majorca English
- enisle English
- inisle English
- insulitis English
- interislet English
- intraislet English
- isled English
- isleless English
- isleman English
- islesman English
- islet English
- isleted English
- islomania English
- neoislet English
- pseudoislet English
- *isula Latin
- insula Latin
- Maiorca Italian
- isolare Italian
- Majorque French
- Canarias Spanish, Castilian
- isla Spanish, Castilian
- insulin Norwegian Bokmål
- isolere Norwegian Bokmål
- Maiorca Portuguese
- ilha Portuguese
- insulin Norwegian Nynorsk
- isolera Norwegian Nynorsk
- isolere Norwegian Nynorsk
- ile Middle English
- inzula Czech
- Ysla Old French
- ille Old French
- isle Old French
- Illas Canarias Galician
- illa Galician
- illa Old Portuguese
- Insel Low German
- ilha Kabuverdianu
- îlle Bourguignon
- Insel Plautdietsch
- illa Old Catalan