island – English noun declension

English noun forms of island

Noun: island
Singularisland
Pluralislands

Sample Sentences

  • No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […] [1624, John Donne, “17. Meditation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, pages 415–416:]
  • It's only an island if you look at it from the water… [1975, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Jaws, spoken by Brody (Roy Scheider):]
  • Sumatra is the second largest island in the East Indies and the fourth largest in the world covering 182,859 square miles. [2002, Gordon L. Rottman, World War 2 Pacific island guide:]
  • Despite its name, Barry Island is actually a peninsula
  • The quiet library was an island of tranquility in the noisy, bustling city.
  • an island of colors on a butterfly's wing
  • He was on the ball in a flash, swerving to the left of City’s goalkeeper, Ederson, before shaping his body for a tricky angled finish. He was an island of composure, floating in his 39th goal of the season with a delicate chip into the corner. [2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London):]
  • King Leopold, speaking in fluent English during his six minute broadcast, said Belgium stood side by side with Holland "an Island of peace in the interests of all" [1939 October 27, Deseret News, Roosevelt Reaffirms American Neutrality:]
  • the island in the middle of a roundabout
  • Dunton island, near Birmingham, is one of the most confusingly labelled islands in the U.K.
  • In Coventry, you will often hear people say: “Turn right at the island”.
  • A short, rather studious young woman on noticing him moved from behind an island counter. [1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 216:]
  • Adverbial subordinate clauses are islands for extraction: "They have a billion dollars of inventory that they don't know where *(it) is".

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂
3. Proto-Germanic *awjō
4. Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-
5. Proto-Indo-European *-om
6. Proto-Germanic *landą
7. Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą
8. Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland
9. Old English īeġland
10. Middle English ilond
11. English iland
12. English island
13. From earlier iland, from Middle English iland, yland, ylond, from Old English īeġland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą (from Proto-Germanic *awjō (“island, waterland, meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂) + *landą (“land”), equivalent to ey + land.
14. Doublet of Öland. Cognate with Scots island, iland, yland (“island”), West Frisian eilân (“island”), Saterland Frisian Ailound (“island”), Dutch eiland (“island”), Low German Eiland (“island”), German Eiland (“island”), Swedish ö (“island”), Öland (“Sweden's second largest island”), Danish ø (“island”), Norwegian øy (“island”), øyland (“large island”), Icelandic eyland (“island”).
15. The insertion of ⟨s⟩—a 16th century spelling modification—is due to a change in spelling to the unrelated term isle, which previously lacked s (cf. Middle English ile, yle). The re-addition was mistakenly carried over to include iland as well. Related also to German Aue (“water-meadow”), Latin aqua (“water”). More at ea. See: Dutch Nouns 'eiland', German Nouns 'Eiland', Swedish Nouns 'ö', Danish Nouns 'ø', Icelandic Nouns 'eyland', German Nouns 'Aue', Latin Nouns 'aqua'.

Verbs referencing "island"

Spanish Nouns isla, German Nouns Eiland.