insulo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Yiddish אינדזל (indzl), German Insel, Latin īnsula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈsulo/

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• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: in‧su‧lo

Noun

insulo (accusative singular insulon, plural insuloj, accusative plural insulojn)

1. island
   • 2000 June, W. M. A. De Smet, “La “drakoj” de Komodo: Gigantaj bestoj sur izola insulo”, in Monato, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19:

     Sur la negranda indonezia insulo Komodo vivas rimarkinde grandaj reptilioj kiuj ĝenerale estas citataj per la malĝusta nomo “Komodo-drakoj”.

     On the small Indonesian island of Komodo, there live remarkably large reptiles which are generally referred to by the incorrect name of "Komodo dragons".

Derived terms

• duoninsulo (“peninsula”)
• glaciinsulo (“iceberg”)
• insulano (“islander”)
• insularo (“group of islands, archipelago”)
• insuleco (“island condition, isolation”)
• insuleto (“small island, islet”)
• trafikinsulo (“traffic island”)

Ido

Noun

insulo (plural insuli)

1. island

Latin

Etymology

From īnsula (“island”) +‎ -ō (denominative verb suffix), on the model of French isoler.

Verb

īnsulō (present infinitive īnsulāre, perfect active īnsulāvī, supine īnsulātum); first conjugation

1. (New Latin) to insulate
   • 1776, W. B. Jelgersma, Specimen experimentorum lagenam Leidensem spectantium, volume 1, page 200:

     Ast cur tum Lagena N. 8 idem non praestat, si eodem modo insuletur?

     But why does jar N. 8 not then act the same if it is insulated the same way?

   • 1791, Luigi Galvani, “De Viribus Electricitatis In Motu Musculari Commentarius”, in De Bononiensi scientiarum et artium Instituto atque academia commentarii, volume 7, page 369:

     Primo itaque electricam machinam, et eum, qui illam versabat, insulavimus.

     Accordingly we first insulated the electrical machine and the person operating it.

   • 1793, Christoph Heinrich Pfaff, Diss. inaug. med. de electricitate sic dicta animali, page 22:

     Postrema methodo, si scilicet extremitates ut ajunt insulaveram, contractionum vis non aucta erat nec duratio.

     By the last method, that is, if I had, as they say, insulated the extremities, neither the force nor the duration of the contractions would have increased.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of īnsulō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnsulō		īnsulās		īnsulat		īnsulāmus		īnsulātis		īnsulant
	imperfect	īnsulābam		īnsulābās		īnsulābat		īnsulābāmus		īnsulābātis		īnsulābant
	future	īnsulābō		īnsulābis		īnsulābit		īnsulābimus		īnsulābitis		īnsulābunt
	perfect	īnsulāvī		īnsulāvistī		īnsulāvit		īnsulāvimus		īnsulāvistis		īnsulāvērunt, īnsulāvēre
	pluperfect	īnsulāveram		īnsulāverās		īnsulāverat		īnsulāverāmus		īnsulāverātis		īnsulāverant
	future perfect	īnsulāverō		īnsulāveris		īnsulāverit		īnsulāverimus		īnsulāveritis		īnsulāverint
passive	present	īnsulor		īnsulāris, īnsulāre		īnsulātur		īnsulāmur		īnsulāminī		īnsulantur
	imperfect	īnsulābar		īnsulābāris, īnsulābāre		īnsulābātur		īnsulābāmur		īnsulābāminī		īnsulābantur
	future	īnsulābor		īnsulāberis, īnsulābere		īnsulābitur		īnsulābimur		īnsulābiminī		īnsulābuntur
	perfect	īnsulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnsulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnsulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnsulem		īnsulēs		īnsulet		īnsulēmus		īnsulētis		īnsulent
	imperfect	īnsulārem		īnsulārēs		īnsulāret		īnsulārēmus		īnsulārētis		īnsulārent
	perfect	īnsulāverim		īnsulāverīs		īnsulāverit		īnsulāverīmus		īnsulāverītis		īnsulāverint
	pluperfect	īnsulāvissem		īnsulāvissēs		īnsulāvisset		īnsulāvissēmus		īnsulāvissētis		īnsulāvissent
passive	present	īnsuler		īnsulēris, īnsulēre		īnsulētur		īnsulēmur		īnsulēminī		īnsulentur
	imperfect	īnsulārer		īnsulārēris, īnsulārēre		īnsulārētur		īnsulārēmur		īnsulārēminī		īnsulārentur
	perfect	īnsulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnsulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		īnsulā		—		—		īnsulāte		—
	future	—		īnsulātō		īnsulātō		—		īnsulātōte		īnsulantō
passive	present	—		īnsulāre		—		—		īnsulāminī		—
	future	—		īnsulātor		īnsulātor		—		—		īnsulantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		īnsulāre			īnsulārī			īnsulāns			—
future		īnsulātūrum esse			īnsulātum īrī			īnsulātūrus			īnsulandus
perfect		īnsulāvisse			īnsulātum esse			—			īnsulātus
future perfect		—			īnsulātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		īnsulātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		īnsulandī		īnsulandō		īnsulandum		īnsulandō		īnsulātum		īnsulātū

Related terms

• īnsulātus

Portuguese

Verb

insulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of insular

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈinsulo]

Noun

insulo f

1. vocative singular of insulă