Home › Words › L › lislelisle/laɪl/lisle · name — A surname from French.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).lisle is pronounced /laɪl/.EtymologyFrom French Lisle and Norman l'Isle.nameA surname from French.A place name:; A commune in Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.A place name:; A commune in Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.A place name:; A village in Lisle Township and Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States.A place name:; A township in DuPage County, Illinois.A place name:; An unincorporated community in Cass County, Missouri, United States.A place name:; A town and village therein, in Broome County, New York, United States.A place name:; A rural locality in Dorset council area, Tasmania, Australia.nounA type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread.e.g.“She herself dressed in dark dresses of heavy rayon crêpe, with grey Lisle stockings bound under the knee with two loops of knotted elastic.” — 1976, Angela Carter, “The Mother Lode”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 11:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).