different between insulate vs isle

English

Etymology

From Late Latin insulatus (“made like an island”), past participle of insulare (“to make like an island”), from insula (“island”); see insular.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nsj?le?t/, /??n??le?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ns?le?t/
• Hyphenation: in?su?late

Verb

insulate (third-person singular simple present insulates, present participle insulating, simple past and past participle insulated)

1. To separate, detach, or isolate.
2. To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.

   Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.

Synonyms

• isolate

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• insulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• insulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• alunites

Latin

Participle

?nsul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?nsul?tus

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