océan
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Ōceanus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
océan m (plural océans)
- (countable) an ocean (one of the large bodies of water separating the continents)
- Coordinate term: mer
- (uncountable, with the definite article) the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
- Synonym: mer
- (figuratively) ocean (immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limit)
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Further reading edit
- “océan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “océan” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “océan” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.