noun
isle
EYLE/aɪl/
An island, especially a small one.
The grassy isle is surrounded on every side by water.
Etymology
Latin insula already meant “island,” so the modern sense preserves its basic meaning. Its deeper origin is uncertain, leaving no secure smaller-root explanation.
In context
there won’t be isle or island in the world that will know me
More examples
- Several rocky isles lie just beyond the harbor.
- They spend their summers on a quiet tropical isle.
- The narrow bridge connects the isle to the mainland.
Forms
isle · isles
Similar words
- island
- Island is the ordinary term, without literary coloring.
- islet
- Islet specifically means a very small island.