Word.ws English Dictionary

eyot

/eɪt/

eyot noun: a little island, especially in a river or lake.

Noun

eyot (plural eyots)

  1. (UK) A little island, especially in a river or lake.
    Synonyms:
    islet, holm

eyot meaning in Tamil

eyot in Tamil

மணல்மேடு, மணல்திட்டு

Synonyms of eyot

Forms of eyot

pluraleyots
alternative formait
alternative formeight
alternative formeyet

Origin of eyot

From Middle English eyt, eit, from Old English īġeoþ, īgoþ, iggaþ, iggoþ (“ait, eyot, islet, small island”), diminutive of īġ, ēġ, īeġ (“island”) (whence English ey (“island”)) which also constitutes the first element of island. See also ait and Norwegian Bokmål øy.

Words that rhyme with eyot

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about eyot

What does eyot mean?
Eyot means a little island, especially in a river or lake.
What is eyot in Tamil?
Eyot in Tamil is மணல்மேடு, மணல்திட்டு. See Eyot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eyot?
Eyot is a noun.
How do you pronounce eyot?
Eyot is pronounced /eɪt/.
What is the plural of eyot?
The plural of eyot is eyots.

Words near eyot in the dictionary

  1. Eynon
  2. Eynons
  3. Eynsford
  4. Eynsham
  5. EYOF
  6. eyot
  7. eyots
  8. EYP
  9. eyr
  10. eyra
  11. eyras

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eyot (page history and authors); eyot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eyot.wav.

Cite this entry: “eyot.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/eyot. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.