ait

Examples

• All

• ait, Nick.

  The Daytrippers (1997)

• The old villages could be on old, even shallower rises, or on aits of mineral soil.

  Blog text (11)

• Millet did not use the edition of 1807 but a later one, for the spellings of suffixes have been changed (for example, -oit to -ait).

  Academic text (2007)

• The hikers took a break on a small ait in the middle of the river.

• We spotted a family of ducks resting on the grassy bank of the ait.

• The fisherman cast his line into the shallow waters around the ait.

Synonyms

I

island

vsait

281 3.7

An area surrounded by different things, like a patch of trees in a field

is specifically a small landmass found in rivers rather than any surrounded area

I

isle

vsait

• Literature

19 9.0

A small island that often appears in poems or stories

is the common term for small river islands rather than a poetic choice

I

islet

vsait

7 6.8

A very small island often in a river or lake

focuses especially on river locations rather than any water setting

H

holm

vsait

• Archaic

8.9

A small island in a river or near a larger island

is used mainly for small river islands rather than near larger islands

I

ile

vsait

• Archaic

9.9

An old word for an area of land surrounded by water

is the modern usage that highlights river locations rather than archaic form

I

insula

vsait

• Archaic

9.5

A piece of land completely surrounded by water

is smaller and used especially for river examples rather than any island

How Big

island

∞ 1.0

ait

• Archaic

1 9.9

islet

7 6.8

Surface Forms

Etymology