oceanic

See also: Oceanic and oceànic

English

Etymology

From Latin ōceanicus; equivalent to ocean +‎ -ic. Doublet of oceany.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌəʊʃiˈænɪk/, /ˌəʊsiˈænɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

oceanic (comparative more oceanic, superlative most oceanic)

1. Of or relating to the ocean.
2. Living in, produced by, or frequenting the ocean.
3. Resembling an ocean in vastness or extent.
4. Having a climate that has a relatively small difference in temperature between the warmest and coldest times of the year, and relatively high rainfall

Hyponyms

• hyperoceanic
• interoceanic
• midoceanic
• nonoceanic
• paleooceanic
• transoceanic

 

Derived terms

• mid-oceanic ridge
• oceanic abyss
• oceanically
• oceanic trench
• oceanic whitetip shark

 

Translations

of or relating to the ocean

• Arabic: مُحِيطِيّ (muḥīṭiyy)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܝܵܐ m (ēwqyānōsāyā)
• Belarusian: акія́нскі (akijánski), акіяні́чны (akijaníčny)
• Bulgarian: океа́нски (bg) (okeánski)
• Catalan: oceànic (ca)
• Czech: oceánský
• Dutch: oceanisch (nl)
• Finnish: merellinen (fi)
• French: océanique (fr)
• German: ozeanisch (de)
• Greek: ωκεάνιος (el) m (okeánios)
• Irish: aigéanach, aigéanta
• Italian: oceanico (it)
• Kazakh: мұхиттық (mūxittyq)
• Macedonian: океански (okeanski)
• Malay: lautan (ms)
• Maltese: oċeaniku m
• Maori: aumoana
• Persian: اقیانوسی (fa) (oqiânusi)
• Polish: oceaniczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: oceânico (pt)
• Russian: океа́нский (ru) (okeánskij), океани́ческий (ru) (okeaníčeskij)
• Slovak: oceánsky
• Spanish: oceánico (es)
• Ukrainian: океа́нський (uk) (okeánsʹkyj), океані́чний (uk) (okeaníčnyj)

living in the ocean

• French: océanique (fr)
• Greek: ωκεάνιος (el) m (okeánios)
• Malay: lautan (ms)
• Polish: oceaniczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: oceânico (pt)

References

• “oceanic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• cocaine, cocaïne

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French océanique, from Latin ōceanicus. By surface analysis, ocean +‎ -ic.

Adjective

oceanic m or n (feminine singular oceanică, masculine plural oceanici, feminine and neuter plural oceanice)

1. oceanic

Declension

Declension of oceanic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	oceanic		oceanică	oceanici	oceanice
	definite	oceanicul		oceanica	oceanicii	oceanicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	oceanic		oceanice	oceanici	oceanice
	definite	oceanicului		oceanicei	oceanicilor	oceanicelor