ocean

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -əʊʃən
• Hyphenation: o‧cean

Noun

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.

3. (figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
4. A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).

Synonyms

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

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• lake
• sea

References

• ocean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• acone, canoe

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ōceanus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ocean m (plural oceans)

1. ocean

Related terms

• oceanic
• oceanografia

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 686.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ōceanus. Doublet of Okeanos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈt͡sɛ.an/, /ˈɔ.t͡sɛ.an/
• Rhymes: -ɛan, -ɔt͡sɛan
• Syllabification: o‧ce‧an
• Homophone: Ocean

Noun

ocean m inan (related adjective oceaniczny or oceanowy)

1. ocean (one of the large bodies of water separating the continents)
2. ocean (water belonging to an ocean)
3. (figurative) ocean (immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• ocean in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ocean in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• ocean in PWN's encyclopedia

Anagrams

• ocena

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French océan.

Noun

ocean n (plural oceane)

1. ocean

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• okèān (Serbia, Bosnia)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ocèān m (Cyrillic spelling оцѐа̄н, relational adjective ocèānskī)

1. (Croatia) ocean

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔt͡sɛàːn/

Noun

oceán m inan

1. (geography) ocean

Inflection

Further reading

• “ocean”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “ocean”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Swedish

Noun

ocean c

1. (countable) an ocean (very large sea)

   Synonym: världshav

2. (uncountable) ocean (water belonging to an ocean)
3. (figuratively) an ocean (immense expanse or amount)

Declension

Derived terms

• Indiska oceanen (“the Indian Ocean”)

See also

• hav (“sea”)
• sjö

References

• ocean in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ocean in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ocean in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)