ocean
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French occean (later reborrowed from Middle French océan), from Latin Oceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Okeanos, “Oceanus, a water deity”).
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ocean (plural oceans)
- (countable) One of the five 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; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.
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- (large body of water): the ogin (UK, nautical and navy)
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one of the five large bodies of water
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[edit] Noun
ocean m.
[edit] Declension
declension of ocean
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[edit] Alternative forms
- okèān (Bosnian, Serbian)
[edit] Etymology
From Latin Oceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός.
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- IPA: /otsěaːn/
[edit] Noun
ocèān m. (Cyrillic spelling оцѐа̄н)
[edit] Declension
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 |
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