"isle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /aɪ̯l/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-isle.ogg [US] Forms: isles [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪl 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ile}} Middle English ile, {{m|enm|yle}} yle, {{noncog|en|island}} English island, {{der|en|fro|ille}} Old French ille, {{m|fro|idle}} idle, {{m|fro|isle}} isle, {{der|en|la|insula}} Latin insula, {{m|en|island}} island, {{doublet|en|insula}} Doublet of insula Head templates: {{en-noun}} isle (plural isles)
  1. An island - in modern times it is implied to be small -, compare with islet. Categories (place): Landforms Related terms: insulate, insulation, islet
    Sense id: en-isle-en-noun--FmpAH~r Disambiguation of Landforms: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 79 21 Derived forms: Balearic Isles, Black Isle, British Isles, Fair Isle, Grand Isle, 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 Portland, Isle of Purbeck, Isle of Sheppey, Isle of Skye, Skye, Isle of Thanet, Isle of Wight, Scilly Isles, Isles of Scilly, Small Isles, tree isle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: isles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} isle (plural isles)
  1. Obsolete spelling of aisle Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: aisle
    Sense id: en-isle-en-noun-NO88bMb5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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