isle

[ahyl]

noun

1. a small island.

2. any island.

verb (used with object)

isled, isling 

1. to make into or as if into an isle.

2. to place on or as if on an isle.

isle

/ aɪl /

noun

1. an island, esp a small one: used in literature and (when cap.) in place names

Other Word Forms

• isleless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of isle¹

1250–1300; Middle English i ( s ) le < Old French < Latin īnsula

Word History and Origins

Origin of isle¹

C13: from Old French isle, from Latin insula island

Example Sentences

They also live in different parts of the country, with Rod in Edinburgh and Roddy settled on the scenic isle of Iona.

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A "forgotten" castle discovered on a Hebridean isle could have been home to kings who once ruled large parts of western Scotland, say archaeologists.

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Shetland Islands Council says it is pushing ahead with plans to build tunnels to four outlying isles in the archipelago including Unst, the most northerly place in the UK.

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He plays the role of Viking leader Stoick, in the Dean DeBlois-directed story of a conflict between dragons and Vikings on the fictions isle of Berk.

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Directed by Dean DuBlois, it tells the story of how a human and dragon befriend each other, breaking generations of conflict between dragons and Vikings on the fictional isle of Berk.

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Related Words

• archipelago 
• enclave 
• islet 
• peninsula 
• reef