Meaning

2 senses
  1. A small island.

    There is an islet on the other side of this body of water.

    Werder, Flussinsel, Holm

    острово́кostrovók

    остріве́цьostrivécʹ

    a small island

  2. An isolated piece of tissue that has a specific function.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. The islet protrudes above the water.

    ruОстровок выступает над водой.

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  2. Some of the islets are inhabited.

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  3. The islet stands out above the water.

    ruОстровок выступает над водой.

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  4. The islet resembled a tortoise from afar.

    ruИздалека островок походил на черепаху.

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  5. This section of the river has several islets.

    deIn diesem Flussabschnitt liegen mehrere Inseln.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Middle French islette. By surface analysis, is(le) + -let. Mostly displaced native Mi

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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Forms

plural: islets
Singularislet
Pluralislets

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
islet — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto