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islet

/ˈaɪ.lət/

islet noun: a small island.

islet: a small island
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Noun

islet (plural islets)

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

islet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

islet in Hindi

small island
द्वीपिका dvīpikā

islet in Tamil

சிறுதீவு

islet in Urdu

islet
ٹاپو ṭāpū

islet in Malayalam

small island
ചെറുദ്വീപ് ceṟudvīpŭ, തുരുത്ത് turuttŭ
More languagesFewer languages
islet in Kannada
ಕಿರುಕುದುರು
islet in Gujarati
દ્વીપિકાr dvīpikār
islet in Arabic
جُزَيِّرَة juzayyira
islet in Indonesian
gili, tokong, pulau kecil
islet in Vietnamese
cù lao
islet in Myanmar
ကျွန်းကလေး kywan:ka.le:
Dhivehi
ފުށި fuṣi

Examples of islet in a sentence

  • China and Taiwan also claim the islets, where they are known as Diaoyu and Tiaoyutai, respectively.
  • Co-transplantation of autologous MSCs delays islet allograft rejection and generates a local immunoprivileged site for graft survival.
  • Two Rhagophthalmus species addressed here were found in Beigan islet and Dongjyu islet separately.

All 26 example sentences with islet

Synonyms of islet

Forms of islet

pluralislets

Plural of islet: islets

Origin of islet

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).

Words formed from islet

Words that rhyme with islet

Questions about islet

What does islet mean?
Islet means a small island.
What is islet in Hindi?
Islet in Hindi is द्वीपिका (dvīpikā). See Islet meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is islet?
Islet is a noun.
How do you pronounce islet?
Islet is pronounced /ˈaɪ.lət/.
What is the plural of islet?
The plural of islet is islets.

Words near islet in the dictionary

  1. isles
  2. Isles of Scilly
  3. Islesboro
  4. islesman
  5. islesmen
  6. islet
  7. islet of Langerhans
  8. Isleta
  9. isleted
  10. Isleton
  11. islets

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: islet (page history and authors); islet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ٹاپو (Urdu) (page history and authors); islet (Kannada 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.

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