insular

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsjələ/
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• US: /ˈɪnsəlɚ/
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• US: /ˈɪnsjəlɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH1 N S AH0 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Learned borrowing from Latin īnsulāris (“of or belonging to an island”), from īnsula (“an island”), of uncertain origin.

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَزَرِيّ (jazariyy) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Armenian: կղզային (kġzayin) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Armenian: կղզու (kġzu) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Belarusian: астраўны́ (astrawný) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Belarusian: вы́спавы (výspavy) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Belarusian: вы́спенны (výspjenny) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Bulgarian: о́стровен (óstroven) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Catalan: insular — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Chinese Mandarin: 島的 /岛的 (dǎo de) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Czech: ostrovní — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Esperanto: insula — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Estonian: saare- — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Finnish: saari- — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Finnish: saaristo- — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Finnish: saarimainen — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• French: insulaire — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Galician: insular — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Georgian: კუნძულოვანი (ḳunʒulovani) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• German: Insel- — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Greek: νησιώτικος (nisiótikos) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Hindi: द्वीपीय (dvīpīya) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Hindi: जज़ीराई (jazīrāī) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Hindi: टापूई (ṭāpūī) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Italian: insulare — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Italian: isolano — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Japanese: 島の (shima no) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Korean: 섬의 (seomui) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Latin: īnsulāris — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Macedonian: островски (ostrovski) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Malay: pulau — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Malay: kepulauan — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Polish: wyspowy — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Polish: wyspiarski — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Portuguese: insular — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Romanian: insular — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Russian: островно́й (ostrovnój) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Slovak: ostrovný — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Spanish: insular — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Swedish: insulär — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Swedish: ö- — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Ukrainian: острівни́й (ostrivnýj) — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Vietnamese: đảo — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Vietnamese: hòn đảo — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Volapük: nisulik — of, pertaining to, or resembling an island or islands
• Belarusian: астраўны́ (astrawný) — situated on an island
• Belarusian: вы́спавы (výspavy) — situated on an island
• Belarusian: вы́спенны (výspjenny) — situated on an island
• Bulgarian: о́стровен (óstroven) — situated on an island
• Finnish: saari- — situated on an island
• Galician: insular — situated on an island
• Portuguese: insular — situated on an island
• Russian: островно́й (ostrovnój) — situated on an island
• Spanish: insular — situated on an island
• Swedish: insulär — situated on an island
• Swedish: ö- — situated on an island
• Ukrainian: острівни́й (ostrivnýj) — situated on an island
• Bulgarian: изоли́ран (izolíran) — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Catalan: aïllat — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Catalan: isolat — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Finnish: eristynyt — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Galician: illado — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Japanese: 切り離された (kirihanasareta) — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Japanese: 孤立した (koritsu shita) — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Macedonian: ограден (ograden) — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Portuguese: isolado — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Portuguese: isolada — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Romanian: izolat — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Russian: за́мкнутый (zámknutyj) — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Russian: огоро́женный (ogoróžennyj) — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Russian: ограни́ченный (ograníčennyj) — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Russian: изоли́рованный (izolírovannyj) — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Swedish: isolerad — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Swedish: avskild — separate or isolated from the surroundings
• Finnish: ahdasmielinen — having an inward-looking manner
• Finnish: ennakkoluuloinen — having an inward-looking manner
• Italian: limitato — having an inward-looking manner
• Italian: ristretto — having an inward-looking manner
• Italian: di corte vedute — having an inward-looking manner
• Italian: di vedute ristrette — having an inward-looking manner
• Italian: chiuso in sé — having an inward-looking manner
• Japanese: 島国根性の (shimaguni konjō no) — having an inward-looking manner
• Japanese: 偏狭な (henkyō na) — having an inward-looking manner
• Macedonian: тесноград (tesnograd) — having an inward-looking manner
• Russian: за́мкнутый (zámknutyj) — having an inward-looking manner
• Swedish: tillbakadragen — having an inward-looking manner
• Finnish: aivosaaren — relating to the insula in the brain
• Finnish: insulaarinen — relating to the insula in the brain
• Finnish: saari- — linguistics, anthropology
• Finnish: insulaarinen — linguistics, anthropology