ocean

From Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan, from Old French occean (later reborrowed or reinforced by Middle French ocean), from Latin Oceanus, originally from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”, a water deity).

Also commonly referred to as the ocean sea, the sea of ocean (compare Latin mare ōceanum; Old French mer oceane, occeanne mer). Compare Saterland Frisian Oceoan (“ocean”), West Frisian oseaan (“ocean”), Dutch oceaan (“ocean”), German Low German Ozeaan (“ocean”), German Ozean (“ocean”), Danish ocean (“ocean”), Swedish ocean (“ocean”), French océan (“ocean”), Italian oceano (“ocean”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -əʊʃən
• Hyphenation: o‧cean

ocean (countable and uncountable, plural oceans)

1. (countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
2. (uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.

   The island is surrounded by ocean

3. (figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.

   the boundless ocean of eternity

   an ocean of affairs

• (large body of water): the ogin (UK, nautical and navy)

• sea

• Ocean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• canoe

From Latin ōceanus.

ocean m (plural oceans)

1. ocean

• oceanic
• oceanografia

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 686.

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈt͡sɛ.an/

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ocean m inan

1. ocean

• oceaniczny
• oceanografia

• okèān (Serbia, Bosnia)

From Latin Oceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”).

• IPA^(key): /otsěaːn/
• Hyphenation: o‧ce‧an

ocèān m (Cyrillic spelling оцѐа̄н)

1. (Croatia) ocean

• prekoocenaski