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Origin
- Middle Englishholm
- Middle Englisheyt
- Middle Frenchislette
- Englishislet
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).
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Ancient Greek νησύδριον, νησίδιον
- νησύδριον (nēsúdrion)small island
- νησίδιον (nēsídion)small island
- νησίον (nēsíon)small island
- νησίς (nēsís)small island
Arabic جُزَيِّرَة
- جُزَيِّرَة (juzayyira)small island
Catalan illot
- illotsmall island
Chinese Cantonese 小島 /小岛
- 小島 /小岛 (siu² dou²)small island
Chinese Mandarin 小島 /小岛
- 小島 /小岛 (xiǎo dǎo)small island
Czech ostrůvek
- ostrůveksmall island
Danish holm, skær
- holmsmall island
- skærsmall island
Dutch eilandje
- eilandjesmall island
Esperanto insuleto
- insuletosmall island
Finnish luoto, pieni saari
- luotosmall island
- pieni saarismall island
French îlot, ilot
- îlotsmall island
- ilotsmall island
German Werder, Flussinsel
- Werdersmall island
- Flussinselsmall island
- Holmsmall island
- Eilandsmall island
- Inselchensmall island
- kleine Inselsmall island
Greek νησίδα, νησάκι
- νησίδα (nisída)small island
- νησάκι (nisáki)small island
Hindi द्वीपिका
- द्वीपिका (dvīpikā)small island
Hungarian szigetecske
- szigetecskesmall island
Indonesian gili, tokong
- gilismall island
- tokongsmall island
- pulau kecilsmall island
Irish oileáinín
- oileáinínsmall island
Italian isolotto, isoletta
- isolottosmall island
- isolettasmall island
Japanese 小島
- 小島 (kojima)small island
Korean 소도
- 소도 (sodo)small island
Norwegian Bokmål holme
- holmesmall island
Polish wysepka
- wysepkasmall island
Portuguese ilhota, ínsua
- ilhotasmall island
- ínsuasmall island
- ilhéusmall island
Russian острово́к
- острово́к (ostrovók)small island
Spanish islote, isleta
- islotesmall island
- isletasmall island
- mejanasmall island
Swedish holme, skär
- holmesmall island
- skärsmall island
- kobbesmall island
Turkish adacık
- adacıksmall island
Ukrainian остріве́ць
- остріве́ць (ostrivécʹ)small island
Vietnamese cù lao
- cù laosmall island
Welsh ynysig
- ynysigsmall island
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
islet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/islet
MLA
“islet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/islet. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “islet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/islet.
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