illa

See also: Illa, illâ, ilʹlʹa, -illa, and -illä

Catalan

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illa

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan illa, from Vulgar Latin *isula (compare Occitan illa~iscla, French île, Spanish isla), from Latin īnsula (compare Portuguese ínsua).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈi.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈi.ʎa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -iʎa

Noun

illa f (plural illes)

1. island

   El Japó té quatre illes principals.

   Japan has four main islands.

2. block (group of urban lots of property)

   Synonyms: illa de cases, illa urbana

Derived terms

• aïllar
• illot
• superilla

Further reading

• “illa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “illa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “illa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “illa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Corsican

Pronoun

illa

1. alternative form of ella

References

• “ella, illa, edda, idda” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Faroese

Etymology

From the adjective illur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪtla/

Verb

illa (third person singular past indicative illaði, third person plural past indicative illaðu, supine illað)

1. to backbite, to slag so

Conjugation

Conjugation of illa (group v-30)

infinitive	illa
supine	illað
	present	past
first singular	illi	illaði
second singular	illar	illaði
third singular	illar	illaði
plural	illa	illaðu
participle (a6)1	illandi	illaður
	imperative
singular	illa!
plural	illið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Adverb

illa (comparative verri, superlative verst)

1. badly, poorly

Antonyms

• væl