see|océan|Océan
wikipedia|dab=Ocean (disambiguation)|Ocean
English
Etymology
OF. occean (later reborrowed from MF. océan), from L. Oceanus, from Ancient Greek polytonic|Ωκεαν�� (okeanos) �great river supposed to encompass the earth� (personified as a deity), later �outer sea, as opposed to Mediterranean�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/���.��n/
audio|en-us-ocean.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
wikipedia
en-noun
- One of the five large bodies of water separating the continents.
- figuratively An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.
Translations
Albanian: oqeani
Arabic: ARchar|Ù�ØÙ�Ø· IPAchar|(muħÃeÊ�) m
Aramaic:
Belarusian: ак��н m
Bengali: BNchar|মহাসম�দ�র
Bosnian: okean m
Bulgarian: океан m
Catalan: oceà m
Chinese: � (yáng), 大� (dà yáng), 海� (h�iyáng)
Croatian: ocean#Croatian|ocean m
Czech: oceán m
Dutch: oceaan
Esperanto: oceano
Finnish: valtameri
French: océan m
German: Ozean m
Greek: �κεαν�� (oceanós) m
Hebrew: ��|�ָ� (yam) m
Hindi: महासा�र (mah�s�gar), समन�दर (samandar), सम�न�दर (samundar), �म�ब�धि (ambudhi)
Hungarian: óceán
Icelandic: haf n, sjór m, ægir m (poetic), úthaf n
Ido: oceano
Italian: oceano m
Japanese: 大� (����, taiy�), 海� (����, kaiy�)
Korean: �� (daeyang)
Latin: oceanus m
mid
Lithuanian: okeanas m, vandenynas m
Macedonian: океан m
Malay: segara
Malayalam: സമ�ദ�ര� (samudram), സാ�ര� (saagaram)
Maltese: o�ean m
Maori: moana, moana pīpipi, moana waiwai
Old English: holm#Old English|holm, geofon|Ä¡eofon n
Persian: FAchar|ا��ا��س (oke�nūs)
Polish: ocean m
Portuguese: oceano m
Rohingya: cáigor
Russian: океан (okeán) m
Samoan: vasa
Scottish Gaelic: cuan m, fairge f, tà bh m, cuan mòr m
Serbian:
Sindhi: SDchar|ساگ�ر� m
Slovak: oceán m
Slovene: ocean m
Spanish: océano m
Swedish: ocean
Telugu: మహా సమ�ద�ర� (mahaa samudram)
Tupinambá: paranã
Turkish: okyanus
Ukrainian: океан m
Urdu: URchar|بØر (ba<u>h</u>r), URchar|Ù�ØÛ�Ø· (muhiyet), URchar|سÙ�Ù�در (samandar)
Vietnamese: hải, bi�n
Related terms
Oceanus
oceanic
oceanography
Oceania
a drop in the ocean
See also
rfc-level|See also at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Related terms)
sea
Category:Greek derivations
fa:ocean
fr:ocean
ko:ocean
hy:ocean
hi:ocean
io:ocean
it:ocean
kk:ocean
hu:ocean
ja:ocean
pl:ocean
pt:ocean
ru:ocean
simple:ocean
sl:ocean
sr:ocean
fi:ocean
ta:ocean
th:ocean
vi:ocean
zh:ocean
|
