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)

  2. (countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
  3. (uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.
    The island is surrounded by ocean
  4. (figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
    the boundless ocean of eternity
    an ocean of difference
  5. 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)

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Occitan

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Etymology

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    Occitan ocean

    Derived from Latin ōceanus m.

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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:
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    oceany

    Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin Ōceanus. Doublet of Okeanos.

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    ocean m inan (related adjective oceaniczny or oceanowy)

    1. ocean (one of the large bodies of water separating the continents)
    2. ocean (water belonging to an ocean)
    3. (figurative) ocean (immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits)

    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
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    adverbs
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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
    • ocean in PWN's encyclopedia

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    Romanian

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    Etymology

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      Romanian ocean

      Borrowed from French océan m, Latin ōceanus m, and German Ozean m.

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      Noun

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      ocean n (plural oceane)

      1. ocean
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      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative ocean oceanul oceane oceanele
      genitive-dative ocean oceanului oceane oceanelor
      vocative oceanule oceanelor

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      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”).

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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”).

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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

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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
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite ocean oceans
      definite oceanen oceanens
      plural indefinite oceaner oceaners
      definite oceanerna oceanernas

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