ocean
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.ʃən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.ʃən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊʃən
- Hyphenation: o‧cean
Noun edit
ocean (countable and uncountable, plural oceans)
- (countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
- (uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.
- The island is surrounded by ocean
- (figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
- the boundless ocean of eternity
- an ocean of difference
- 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
- On the present occasion, Traddles was so hemmed in by the pagoda and the guitar-case, and Dora’s flower-painting, and my writing-table, that I had serious doubts of the possibility of his using his knife and fork; but he protested, with his own good-humour, ‘Oceans of room, Copperfield! I assure you, Oceans!’
- 1959, “Poison Ivy”, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (lyrics), performed by The Coasters:
- Poison Ivy, Lord,'ll make you itch
You're gonna need an ocean
Of calamine lotion
You'll be scratchin' like a hound
The minute you start to mess around
- A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).
- ocean:
Synonyms edit
- (large body of water): the ogin (UK, nautical and navy)
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- a drop in the ocean
- blue-ocean
- boil the ocean
- brown ocean effect
- brown ocean effect
- calm blue ocean
- drop in the ocean
- exo-ocean
- hyperoceanic
- it's not the size of the ship, it's the motion of the ocean
- mid-ocean ridge
- motion of someone's ocean
- ocean acidification
- oceanbed
- ocean blue
- Ocean County
- ocean current
- ocean dandruff
- ocean dumping
- ocean engineering
- ocean eyes
- ocean floor
- ocean-going
- Oceania
- oceanic
- oceanisation
- Ocean Island
- ocean liner
- ocean lore
- ocean-lore
- oceanographer
- oceanography
- ocean perch
- ocean perch
- ocean quahog
- ocean ranching
- Oceanside
- ocean station vessel
- ocean sunfish
- ocean tramp
- Oceanus
- ocean world
- paleo-ocean
- piss in the ocean
- spit in the ocean
- ur-ocean
Translations edit
one of the large bodies of water
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water from an ocean
immense expanse
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Noun edit
ocean m (plural oceans)
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeanós).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ocean m inan
Declension edit
Declension of ocean
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Romanian edit
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ocean n (plural oceane)
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Serbo-Croatian edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ocèān m (Cyrillic spelling оцѐа̄н)
Declension edit
Declension of ocean
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Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oceán m inan
Inflection edit
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| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | oceán | ||
| gen. sing. | oceána | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
oceán | oceána | oceáni |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
oceána | oceánov | oceánov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
oceánu | oceánoma | oceánom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
oceán | oceána | oceáne |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
oceánu | oceánih | oceánih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
oceánom | oceánoma | oceáni |
Further reading edit
- “ocean”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran