# ocean
## 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

* (UK) IPA: /ˈəʊ.ʃən/
* (US) IPA: /ˈoʊ.ʃən/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊʃən
* Hyphenation: o‧cean

### 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

* Antarctic Ocean
* Atlantic Ocean
* Austral Ocean
* German Ocean
* Indian Ocean
* Pacific Ocean
* Southern Ocean
* South Polar Ocean

#### 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 dumping
* ocean engineering
* ocean eyes
* ocean floor
* oceanfront
* oceanful
* ocean-going
* oceangoing
* 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
* World Ocean

#### Translations
### See also

* lake
* sea

### References

* ocean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* acone, canoe

## Occitan
### Etymology

Derived from Latin ōceanus m.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /u.seˈan/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ocean m (plural oceans)
* ocean
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

#### Related terms

* oceanic
* oceanografia f

### Further reading

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

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ōceanus. Doublet of Okeanos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔˈt͡sɛ.an/, /ˈɔ.t͡sɛ.an/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛan, -ɔt͡sɛan
* Syllabification: o‧ce‧an
* Homophone: Ocean

### 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)

#### Related terms

* oceanicznie
* oceanarium
* oceaniczność

### Further reading

* ocean in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* ocean in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* ocean in PWN's encyclopedia

### Anagrams

* ocena

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

ocean n (plural oceane)
* ocean
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

#### Derived terms

* Oceanul Pacific n

### Further reading

* ocean in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* okèān (Serbia, Bosnia)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ot͡sěaːn/
* Hyphenation: o‧ce‧an

### Noun

ocèān m (Cyrillic spelling оцѐа̄н, relational adjective ocèānskī)
* (Croatia) ocean

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔt͡sɛàːn/

### Noun

oceán m inan
* (geography) ocean

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “ocean”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “ocean”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## 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)

#### Derived terms

* Indiska oceanen (“the Indian Ocean”)

#### See also

* hav (“sea”)
* sjö

### References

* ocean in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* ocean in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* ocean in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)