an island, esp a small one: used in literature and (when cap.) in place names
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
isle
(īl),USA pronunciation n., v., isled, isl•ing.
n.
v.t.
isle′less, adj.
n.
- Geographya small island.
- Geographyany island.
v.t.
- to make into or as if into an isle.
- to place on or as if on an isle.
- Latin īnsula
- Old French
- Middle English i(s)le 1250–1300
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'isle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Apple Isle
- Bedivere
- Belle Isle
- Black Isle
- British Isles
- Cambridgeshire
- Cornwell
- Cowes
- Dogs
- Douglas
- Dwight
- Ely
- Emerald Isle
- Fair Isle
- Fingal's Cave
- Fouquet
- Gaelic
- Great Britain
- Guernsey
- House of Keys
- I'm
- I, i
- I.
- I.W.
- IOM
- IOW
- Ireland
- Is.
- Isl.
- Isle Royale
- Isle of Capri
- Isle of Dogs
- Isle of Man
- Isle of Pines
- Isle of Sheppey
- Isle of Shoals boat
- Isle of Wight
- Isle of Youth
- Lake Isle of Innisfree, The
- Man
- Manx
- Manx cat
- Manxman
- Margate
- Minch
- Newfoundland
- Newport
- North Ayrshire
- Nueva Gerona
- Pines