different between eyot vs isle

English

Alternative forms

• ait
• eight
• eyet

Etymology

From Middle English eyt, eit, from Old English ??eoþ, ?goþ, iggaþ, iggoþ (“ait, eyot, islet, small island”), diminutive of ??, ??, ?e? (“island”) which constitutes the first element of island. See also ait and Norwegian Bokmål øy .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?t/, /?e??t/, /a?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t, -a?t
• Homophones: ait, ate, eight

Noun

eyot (plural eyots)

1. (chiefly Britain) A little island, especially in a river or lake.

Synonyms

• islet
• holm

Translations

Anagrams

• Toye, toey, yote

English

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /a??l/
• Rhymes: -a?l
• Homophones: I'll, aisle

Noun

isle (plural isles)

1. A (small) island, compare with islet.

Derived terms

Related terms

• insulate
• insulation
• islet

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

isle (plural isles)

1. Obsolete spelling of aisle

Further reading

• isle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• %iles, Elis, Iles, Leis, Lise, Sile, iles, leis, lies, sile, slie

French

Noun

isle f (plural isles)

1. Obsolete spelling of île

Anagrams

• élis, îles, lies, liés, Lise, lise, sile, silé

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French isle, from Latin insula.

Noun

isle f (plural isles)

1. island

Descendants

• French: île, ile
  • Antillean Creole: zil
  • Haitian Creole: zil, zile
  • Mauritian Creole: zil

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *isula, from Latin insula.

Noun

isle f (oblique plural isles, nominative singular isle, nominative plural isles)

1. island

Descendants

• Middle French: isle
  • French: île, ile
    • Antillean Creole: zil
    • Haitian Creole: zil, zile
    • Mauritian Creole: zil
• Norman: île
• Walloon: iye
• ? Middle English: yle, ile
  • English: isle

Turkish

Verb

isle

1. second-person singular imperative of islemek

Antonyms

• isleme