LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

īnsulāris

īnsulāris (neuter īnsulāre)
Classical[ĩː.sʊˈɫaː.rɪs]Ecclesiastical[in.suˈlaː.ris]

Meaning

  1. two terminationof or pertaining to an island, insular

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Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnsulārisīnsulārisīnsulāre
genitiveīnsulārisīnsulārisīnsulāris
dativeīnsulārīīnsulārīīnsulārī
accusativeīnsulāremīnsulāremīnsulāre
ablativeīnsulārīīnsulārīīnsulārī
vocativeīnsulārisīnsulārisīnsulāre
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnsulārēsīnsulārēsīnsulāria
genitiveīnsulāriumīnsulāriumīnsulārium
dativeīnsulāribusīnsulāribusīnsulāribus
accusativeīnsulārīs
īnsulārēs		īnsulārīs
īnsulārēs		īnsulāria
ablativeīnsulāribusīnsulāribusīnsulāribus
vocativeīnsulārēsīnsulārēsīnsulāria

insŭlāris, e, adj. id..
I. Of or belonging to an island, insular (post-class.): insulari poena multavit, i. e. punished him with banishment to an island, Amm. 15, 7, 2: solitudo, id. 14, 5, 3; 24, 2, 9 al.—
II. in-sŭlāres, m. plur., keepers of a temple, Just. 32, 2, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin īnsulāris From īnsula (“island”) + -āris.

Descendants
  • Catalaninsular
  • Englishinsular
  • Frenchinsulaire
  • Italianinsulare
  • Portugueseinsular
  • Romanianinsular
  • Spanishinsular

In English words that came into English from īnsulāris

  • insularīnsulāris

Quick answers

What does īnsulāris mean in Latin?
īnsulāris, a adjective, means “of or pertaining to an island, insular”.
How do you pronounce īnsulāris?
In classical Latin, [ĩː.sʊˈɫaː.rɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.suˈlaː.ris].