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English
Etymology
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
Noun
ocean (countable and uncountable, plural oceans)
- (countable) One of the 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.
- 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:
- 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!’
- 1959, “Poison Ivy”, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (lyrics), performed by The Coasters:
- Poison Ivy, Lord,'ll make you itch
You're gonna need an ocean
Of calamine lotion
You'll be scratchin' like a hound
The minute you start to mess around
- A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).
- ocean:
Synonyms
- (large body of water): the ogin (UK, nautical and navy)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- a drop in the ocean
- blue-ocean
- boil the ocean
- brown ocean effect
- calm blue ocean
- drop in the ocean
- exo-ocean
- hycean
- hyperoceanic
- interocean
- it's not the size of the ship, it's the motion of the ocean
- midocean
- mid-ocean ridge
- motion of someone's ocean
- nonocean
- ocean acidification
- oceanarium
- oceanaut
- oceanbed
- ocean blue
- Ocean County
- ocean current
- ocean dandruff
- ocean depths
- ocean dumping
- ocean engineering
- ocean eyes
- ocean floor
- oceanfront
- oceanful
- oceangoing
- ocean-going
- Ocean Grove
- Oceania
- oceanic
- Ocean Island
- oceanite
- oceanization
- oceanize
- oceanless
- oceanlike
- ocean liner
- ocean lore
- ocean-lore
- oceanographer
- oceanography
- oceanology
- oceanophyte
- ocean perch
- ocean planet
- ocean pout
- ocean quahog
- ocean ranching
- Ocean Sea
- Oceanside
- oceanside
- ocean station vessel
- ocean sunfish
- ocean tramp
- Oceanus
- oceanview
- oceanward
- oceanwards
- oceanwater
- oceanway
- oceanwide
- oceanwise
- ocean world
- oceanworthy
- paleo-ocean
- Panthalassan Ocean
- Panthalassic Ocean
- piss in the ocean
- primordial ocean
- spit in the ocean
- superocean
- transocean
- ur-ocean
- why is the ocean near the shore
- World Ocean
Translations
one of the large bodies of water
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water from an ocean
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Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ocean m (plural oceans)
Related terms
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 686
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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Ōceanus. Doublet of Okeanos.
Pronunciation
Noun
ocean m inan (related adjective oceaniczny or oceanowy)
- ocean (one of the large bodies of water separating the continents)
- ocean (water belonging to an ocean)
- (figurative) ocean (immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits)
Declension
Declension of ocean
Related terms
adverbs
- oceanicznie
nouns
- oceanarium
- oceaniczność
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French océan m, Latin ōceanus m, and German Ozean m.
Pronunciation
Noun
ocean n (plural oceane)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ocean”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
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Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ocèān m inan (Cyrillic spelling оцѐа̄н, relational adjective ocèānskī)
Declension
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Slovene
Etymology
From Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”).
Pronunciation
Noun
oceán m inan
Declension
| 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. |
Further reading
- “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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Swedish
Noun
ocean c
- (countable) an ocean (very large sea)
- Synonym: världshav
- (uncountable) ocean (water belonging to an ocean)
- (figuratively) an ocean (immense expanse or amount)
Declension
Derived terms
- Indiska oceanen (“the Indian Ocean”)
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References
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