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. Compare isoler, péninsule and insulaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il/

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• Homophones: îles (general), il, ils (except informally)

Noun

île f (plural îles)

1. island

Derived terms

• îlot
• Île-de-France
• île de Man
• île flottante

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)

1. (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”)