yle

== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Yele. === Symbol === yle (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yele. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Yele terms == Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈiːlə/ === Etymology 1 === From Medieval Latin hȳlē (“matter, the fundamental matter of all things; the matter of the body”) (whence English hyle), a transliteration of Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood; material, substance; matter”) or πρώτη ὕλη (prṓtē húlē, “fundamental matter”). The concept of “fundamental matter” was propounded by the Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle (384–322 BCE). ==== Noun ==== yle (uncountable) (philosophy) Matter. 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis [The Lover's Confession]; published as Reinhold Pauli, editor, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts by Dr. Reinhold Pauli, volume III, London: Bell and Daldy Fleet Street, 1857, OCLC 162886391, liber septimus [book 7], pages 91–92: ===== Alternative forms ===== hile hyla ylem ==== References ==== Bradley Strattman, A Middle-English Dictionary [12th–15th century], Oxford University Press, 1891 (1967) John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “yle”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Etymology 2 === From Old French isle, from Latin īnsula. ==== Alternative forms ==== ile ==== Noun ==== yle (plural yles) Isle, island. ===== Descendants ===== English: isle === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== yle alternative form of ele (“aisle”)