different between islet vs isle

English

Etymology

From Middle French islette; synchronically analyzable as isle +? -let.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.l?t/
• Homophone: eyelet

Noun

islet (plural islets)

1. A small island

   Synonym: eyot

2. (biology) An isolated piece of tissue that has a specific function

Translations

See also

• islets of Langerhans

Anagrams

• IELTS, Leist, Steil, e-list, istle, liest, lites, slite, stile, teils, tiles

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