île
French, noun
île is spelled Î-L-E (3 letters) and appears 76 times per million words in written French, the 1,112th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Île is a French feminine noun meaning “island” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, ile is a different word: “post-1990 spelling of île”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espace de terre entouré d’eau de tous côtés”.
What does île mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineisland
noun
- 1
femininepost-1990 spelling of île
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espace de terre entouré d’eau de tous côtés. 2. Lieu favorable au sein d’un milieu hostile. 3. Petit groupe de maisons entouré de rues. 4. Type particulier de minutie.
noun: 1. Espace de terre entouré d’eau de tous côtés. 2. Lieu favorable au sein d’un milieu hostile. 3. Petit groupe de maisons entouré de rues. 4. Type particulier de minutie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of île
- iles plural
- îles plural
- ile alternative
- isle alternative obsolete
- île
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to île
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is île in French?
île appears 76 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).