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islet

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

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skerry

English

Etymology

From dialectal Scots (Shetlandic and Orcadian) skerry, from Old Norse sker (whence Danish skær and Norwegian Bokmål skjær).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /?sk??i/
  • Rhymes: -?ri
  • Homophone: scary (Mary–marry–merry merger)

Noun

skerry (plural skerries)

  1. A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.

Translations

Anagrams

  • skryer

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse sker.

Noun

skerry (plural skerries)

  1. (chiefly Orkney, Shetland) skerry, reef

Further reading

  • “skerry” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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