"île" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /il/ Audio: Fr-île.ogg Forms: îles [plural]
Etymology: Originally written isle; from Middle French isle, from Old French isle, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Classical Latin īnsula. Compare isoler, péninsule and insulaire. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|isle}} isle, {{inh|fr|frm|isle}} Middle French isle, {{inh|fr|fro|isle}} Old French isle, {{inh|fr|VL.|*īsula}} Vulgar Latin *īsula, {{inh|fr|la|īnsula}} Latin īnsula, {{m|fr|isoler}} isoler, {{m|fr|péninsule}} péninsule, {{m|fr|insulaire}} insulaire Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} île f (plural îles)
  1. island Tags: feminine Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: ile (english: post-1990 spelling), isle [obsolete] Derived forms: îlot, Île-de-France, île de Man, île flottante
    Sense id: en-île-fr-noun-KM0sXBXR Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for île meaning in French (2.7kB)

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          "word": "ile"
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          ],
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        }
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    {
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      },
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        "2": "isoler"
      },
      "expansion": "isoler",
      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "péninsule"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "1": "fr",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally written isle; from Middle French isle, from Old French isle, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Classical Latin īnsula. Compare isoler, péninsule and insulaire.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "îles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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        "French lemmas",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Middle French",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
        "French terms inherited from Latin",
        "French terms inherited from Middle French",
        "French terms inherited from Old French",
        "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with audio links",
        "French terms with homophones",
        "fr:Landforms"
      ],
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        "island"
      ],
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        [
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          "island"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/il/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "îles (general)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "il"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ils (except informally)"
    },
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      "text": "audio"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "post-1990 spelling",
      "word": "ile"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "isle"
    }
  ],
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}

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