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ocean¹

  • /ˈəʊ.ʃən/ UK
  • /ˈoʊ.ʃən/ US
  • /ˈəʉ.ʃən/ Australia
  • /ˈɐʉ.ʃən/ New Zealand
  • /ˈo.ʃən/ Scotland
  • /ˈoːʃən/ Wales

Rhymes with -əʊʃən

Where it comes from

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.

noun oceans

  1. countable One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.

    Similar: the ogin

  2. countable, uncountable The continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.

    Similar: sea

  3. uncountable Water belonging to an ocean. The island is surrounded by ocean
  4. countable, figuratively, uncountable An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits. the boundless ocean of eternity
  5. countable, uncountable A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).

Ocean²

Where it comes from

From ocean (“sea”), inspired by the fashionable French female name Océane.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from English, of modern usage. 'Ocean still isn't sleeping through the night.' I don't blame her. She's probably traumatised by her ridiculous name.
  2. A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, which originally extended to the ocean.
  3. A township in Ocean County, New Jersey.
  4. The deity Oceanus. But he must ever watch the northern Bear, Who from her frozen height with jealous eye Confronts the Dog and the Hunter in the south, And is alone not dipt in Ocean's stream.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sea, expanse, oceanic, seabed, seafloor, oceanographic, pelagic, oceanography, marine, midstream, coast, pond, water, seawater, waters, seaway

Translations

Every language

noun one of the large bodies of water

Españolocéano
한국어대양 daeyang, 바다 bada
日本語大洋 taiyō, 海洋 kaiyō, 海 umi
中文大洋 dàyáng, 海洋 hǎiyáng, 洋 yáng
हिन्दीसागर sāgar, महासागर mahāsāgar, समुद्र samudra, महासमुद्र mahāsmudra, समन्दर samandar, समुन्दर samundar
Kiswahilibahari
Portuguêsoceano
Françaisocéan
DeutschWeltmeer, Ozean
Italianooceano
Ελληνικάωκεανός okeanós
Românăocean
Русскийокеа́н okeán
Tiếng Việtđại dương
العربيةمُحِيط muḥīṭ, قَامُوس qāmūs
עבריתאוקיינוס \ אוֹקְיָנוֹס oqyanós, יָם yam

noun water from an ocean

Françaisocéan
Românăocean

noun immense expanse

Françaisocéan
Românăocean

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"ocean." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ocean. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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ocean. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ocean

Chicago

"ocean." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ocean.

BibTeX
@misc{ocean_2026,
  title = {ocean},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ocean},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}