# isle

Pronunciation: say "YL" /aɪ̯l/

## Noun

1. An island, usually a very small one.
   - Simple: A piece of land with water all around it, usually a very small one.
   - _Gulls nested on a rocky isle a few hundred yards offshore._
   - _Every summer the family takes the ferry to a quiet isle off the coast of Maine._

## Noun

2. Obsolete spelling of aisle. *(obsolete)* — Obsolete spelling of aisle.
   - Simple: Obsolete spelling of aisle. Today people spell this word aisle.

## Origin

From Middle English ile, yle (the s was added later, as in island), borrowed from Old French ille, idle, isle, from Latin insula. Despite the look, it is not related to island; it is a doublet of insula.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/isle (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).