ocean

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

English[edit]

A map, with the Indian Ocean in dark blue

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”).

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)

  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
    • 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, OCLC 558196156:
      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!’
  4. A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).
    ocean:  

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

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Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ōceanus.

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ocean m (plural oceans)

  1. ocean

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Further reading[edit]

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

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ocean m inan

  1. ocean

Declension[edit]

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

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Further reading[edit]

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

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French océan

Noun[edit]

ocean n (plural oceane)

  1. ocean

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

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ocèān m (Cyrillic spelling оцѐа̄н)

  1. (Croatia) ocean

Declension[edit]

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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