Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

izle

/ˈaɪzəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: izle
IPA: /ˈaɪzəl/

13

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spark, an ember, a hot ash or cinder.

Example Sentences

"Izles, Dust or ashes from the fire. "The furniture is covered with izles."]"
"I hied me hame to my father's ha', My dear auld mither to see; But she lay ' mang the black izles"
"I've watched many fires / Since last I sat beside this hearth—good fires : / Coal, coke, and peat, but wood-fires in the main. / There's naught like izles for dancing flames and singing: / Birch kindles best, and has the liveliest flames : / […]"
"[…] smoke rolled up into the atmosphere, candescent at the skyline where the red flames leaped up inside it, dancing with bright izles that flared and winked out."

Etymology

From Old English ysel, ysle. Compare Old Norse usli.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: ysel

Inflected Forms

izles (plural) aizle (alternative) aizel (alternative) isel (alternative) izel (alternative) easle (alternative) eizel (alternative)

Rhymes With

reprisal despisal

Questions

How do you pronounce izle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈaɪzəl/.
What does izle mean?: A spark, an ember, a hot ash or cinder.
Where does izle come from?: It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce izle

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