Wiktionary

ocean

See also: Ocean, océan, óceán, oceán, and oċean

English

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A map with the Indian Ocean in dark blue

Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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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 difference
  4. A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).
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Synonyms

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

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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References

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Anagrams

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin ōceanus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ocean m (plural oceans)

  1. ocean
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Further reading

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

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔˈt͡sɛ.an/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛan
  • Syllabification: o‧ce‧an

Noun

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ocean m inan

  1. ocean

Declension

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Declension of ocean
singular plural
nominative ocean oceany
genitive oceanu oceanów
dative oceanowi oceanom
accusative ocean oceany
instrumental oceanem oceanami
locative oceanie oceanach
vocative oceanie oceany

Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French océan.

Noun

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ocean n (plural oceane)

  1. ocean

Declension

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Declension of ocean
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ocean oceanul (niște) oceane oceanele
genitive/dative (unui) ocean oceanului (unor) oceane oceanelor
vocative oceanule oceanelor

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ocèān m (Cyrillic spelling оцѐа̄н, relational adjective ocèānskī)

  1. (Croatia) ocean

Declension

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Declension of ocean
singular plural
nominative ocèān oceani
genitive oceána oceana
dative oceanu oceanima
accusative ocean oceane
vocative oceane oceani
locative oceanu oceanima
instrumental oceanom oceanima

Slovene

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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oceán m inan

  1. (geography) ocean

Inflection

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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
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

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

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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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

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Declension of ocean 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ocean oceanen oceaner oceanerna
Genitive oceans oceanens oceaners oceanernas

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