Dictionary

islet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈaɪ.lət/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle French islette. By surface analysis, is(le) + -let. Mostly displaced native Middle English eyt, eit and Middle English holm, holme (See eyot and holm for more).

Meanings

1. A small island.
   • There is an islet on the other side of this body of water.
2. An isolated piece of tissue that has a specific function.

Forms

Deriveds

neoislet · isleted · intraislet · interislet · islet of Langerhans · pseudoislet

Relateds

islets of Langerhans

Synonyms

eyot · holm

Translations (76)

uk остріве́ць (small island) · kmr giravok (small island) · grc νησίδιον (small island) · mh āne (small island) · pl wysepka (small island) · gl illote (small island) · gu દ્વીપિકાr (small island) · es mejana (small island) · cmn 小島 /小岛 (small island) · io insuleto (small island) · ca illot (small island) · ga oileáinín (small island) · id pulau kecil (small island) · hi द्वीपिका (small island) · cs ostrůvek (small island) · to motu (small island) · ml തുരുത്ത് (small island) · de Holm (small island) · sh ostrvce (small island) · ru острово́к (small island) · cy ynysig (small island) · it isolotto (small island) · sv skär (small island) · my ကျွန်းကလေး (small island) · el νησίδα (small island) · ia insuletta (small island) · fi luoto (small island) · it isoletta (small island) · gl illeu (small island) · id tokong (small island) · de Flussinsel (small island) · id gili (small island) · dv ފުށި (small island) · yue 小島 /小岛 (small island) · ml ചെറുദ്വീപ് (small island) · sl otoček (small island) · sh оточић (small island) · da holm (small island) · rap motu (small island) · gl insua (small island) · grc νησίον (small island) · ko 소도 (small island) · kaw gili (small island) · el νησάκι (small island) · eo insuleto (small island) · fr îlot (small island) · sh острвце (small island) · nb holme (small island) · br enezig (small island) · sv kobbe (small island) · pt ilhéu (small island) · ar جُزَيِّرَة (small island) · grc νησίς (small island) · es isleta (small island) · kk аралшық (small island) · gv ellaneen (small island) · nl eilandje (small island) · pt ilhota (small island) · gv innis (small island) · fr ilot (small island) · sh otočić (small island) · da skær (small island) · tr adacık (small island) · vi cù lao (small island) · ja 小島 (small island) · pt ínsua (small island) · es islote (small island) · hu szigetecske (small island) · sv holme (small island) · gv insheen (small island) · de Eiland (small island) · grc νησύδριον (small island) · de kleine Insel (small island) · de Inselchen (small island) · fi pieni saari (small island) · de Werder (small island)