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Definition of isle in English: islenoun ʌɪlaɪl literary An island or peninsula, especially a small one. in place names the British Isles Example sentencesExamples - There are the Bikini Islanders, a gentle people who consider the tiny isle their home.
- Suffice to say some people on this fair isle have no sense of humour.
- This house is set on the side of a low wooded hill overlooking Lough Gill and the lake isle of Innisfree.
- As my thinking cap is keeping me positive, the emerald isle moves me.
- Land of beaches, hills and valleys, fairest isle of all the earth.
Origin Middle English ile, from Old French, from Latin insula. The spelling with s (also in 15th-century French) is influenced by Latin. Rhymes aisle, Argyle, awhile, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, guile, I'll, interfile, Kabyle, kyle, lisle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, rile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, while, wile, worthwhile Definition of isle in US English: islenounīlaɪl literary An island or peninsula, especially a small one. in place names the British Isles Example sentencesExamples - Suffice to say some people on this fair isle have no sense of humour.
- There are the Bikini Islanders, a gentle people who consider the tiny isle their home.
- Land of beaches, hills and valleys, fairest isle of all the earth.
- As my thinking cap is keeping me positive, the emerald isle moves me.
- This house is set on the side of a low wooded hill overlooking Lough Gill and the lake isle of Innisfree.
Origin Middle English ile, from Old French, from Latin insula. The spelling with s (also in 15th-century French) is influenced by Latin. |