occean

Middle English

Alternative forms

• occian, occyan, occyane, occeane, oxyan

Etymology

From Old French occean, from Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːsjan/, /ˈɔksjan/

Noun

occean (plural occeans)

1. A large sea believed to encircle the world's land.
2. Any ocean (large body of water)

Descendants

• English: ocean
• Scots: ocean

References

• “occean, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 November 2018.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• ocean

Noun

occean m (plural occeans)

1. ocean (large body of water)

Old French

Alternative forms

• ocean

Noun

occean oblique singular, m (oblique plural occeans, nominative singular occeans, nominative plural occean)

1. ocean (large body of water)

Descendants

• Middle French: occean