île

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ile"

French

Alternative forms

ile (post-1990 spelling)
isle (obsolete)

Etymology

Originally written isle; from Middle French isle, from Old French isle, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Classical Latin īnsula.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /il/
(Meridonial French) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lə/
(Belgium) IPA^(key): /iːl/
(Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪi̯l/
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Homophones: îles (general), il, ils (except informally)

Noun

île f (plural îles)

island

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Antillean Creole: zil
Haitian Creole: zil, zile
Mauritian Creole: zil

Further reading

“île”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

lie, lié

Norman

Etymology

From Old French isle, from Vulgar Latin *isula, from Classical Latin īnsula.

Noun

île f (plural îles)

(Jersey, Guernsey, geography) island

Derived terms

Île Bouvet (“Bouvet Island”)
Île dé Norfolk (“Norfolk Island”)
Île dé Noué (“Christmas Island”)
Île d'Rêunion (“Reunion Island”)
Île Maurice (“Mauritius”)
Îles Cocos (“Cocos Islands”)
Îles Cook (“Cook Islands”)
Îles dé Cayman (“Cayman Islands”)
Îles dé Heard et McDonald (“Heard and McDonald Islands”)
Îles dé Pitcairn (“Pitcairn Islands”)
Îles d'la Manche (“Channel Islands”)
Îles Dodécanèses (“Dodecanese”)
Îles Faeroe (“Faroe Islands”)
Îles Falkland (“Falkland Islands”)
Îles Marshall (“Marshall Islands”)
Îles Palau (“Palau Islands”)
Îles Solomon (“Solomon Islands”)
Îles Turks et Caicos (“Turks and Caicos islands”)
L's Îles du Vent (“Windward Isles”)
L's Îles souos l'Vent (“Leeward Isles”)