different between isle vs islander

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

English

Etymology

From island +? -er. Displaced Middle English insulane (“islander”), from Latin ?nsul?nus (“islander”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?l?nd?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?l?nd?/

Noun

islander (plural islanders)

1. A person who lives on an island.

Synonyms

• islandman, island-man, island man

Hyponyms

• islandwoman, island-woman, island woman

Related terms

• isle

Translations

Anagrams

• Ladniers, Seriland, Sindelar, linderas, sire-land, sireland