Isle
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isle¹
- /aɪ̯l/ UK, US
Sounds like I'll, aisle · Rhymes with -aɪl
Where it comes from
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.
noun isles
- An island, usually very small. Compare with islet.
isle²
noun isles
- Obsolete spelling of aisle.aisle
Isle³
proper noun Ile
- A minor city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States.
- A commune near Limoges, Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
- A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the River Parrett.
- A river in southwestern France, which flows into the Dordogne.
