ocean

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.ʃən/
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• US: /ˈoʊ.ʃən/
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• Australian: /ˈəʉ.ʃən/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈɐʉ.ʃən/
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• Scotland: /ˈo.ʃən/
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• Wales: /ˈoːʃən/ without the toe–tow merger
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• CMU ARPABET: OW1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From ocean (“sea”), inspired by the fashionable French female name Océane.

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós)der. Latin Ōceanusder. Old French occeanbor. Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan English ocean 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.

305 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: oseaan — one of the large bodies of water
• Ainu: アトゥイ (atuy) — one of the large bodies of water
• Albanian: oqeán — one of the large bodies of water
• Albanian: oqeáni — one of the large bodies of water
• Albanian: ujnajë — one of the large bodies of water
• Amharic: ውቅያኖስ (wəḳyanos) — one of the large bodies of water
• Antillean Creole: granlanmè — one of the large bodies of water
• Arabic: مُحِيط (muḥīṭ) — one of the large bodies of water
• Arabic: قَامُوس (qāmūs) — one of the large bodies of water
• Aragonese: ocián — one of the large bodies of water
• Aramaic: ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣ (ʾōqêyānōs) — one of the large bodies of water
• Armenian: օվկիանոս (ōvkianos) — one of the large bodies of water
• Aromanian: uchean — one of the large bodies of water
• Aromanian: uchian — one of the large bodies of water
• Aromanian: ochean — one of the large bodies of water
• Aromanian: ucheani — one of the large bodies of water
• Aromanian: ucheane — one of the large bodies of water
• Aromanian: uchiani f uchiane — one of the large bodies of water
• Aromanian: uchianj — one of the large bodies of water
• Aromanian: ocheanj — one of the large bodies of water
• Eastern Arrernte: alaye — one of the large bodies of water
• Assamese: মহাসাগৰ (mohaxagor) — one of the large bodies of water
• Asturian: océanu — one of the large bodies of water
• Azerbaijani: okean — one of the large bodies of water
• Azerbaijani: ümman — one of the large bodies of water
• West Coast Bajau: selang — one of the large bodies of water
• Bashkir: океан (okean) — one of the large bodies of water
• Basque: ozeano — one of the large bodies of water
• Belarusian: акія́н (akiján) — one of the large bodies of water
• Bengali: সমুদ্র (śomudro) — one of the large bodies of water
• Bengali: মহাসমুদ্র (mohaśomudro) — one of the large bodies of water
• Bhojpuri: सागर (sāgar) — one of the large bodies of water
• Bislama: dipsi — one of the large bodies of water
• Eastern Bontoc: fiayfiay — one of the large bodies of water
• Breton: meurvor — one of the large bodies of water
• Bulgarian: океа́н (okeán) — one of the large bodies of water
• Burmese: အဏ္ဏဝါ (anna.wa) — one of the large bodies of water
• Burmese: သမုဒ္ဒရာ (sa.mudda.ra) — one of the large bodies of water
• Buryat: далай (dalaj) — one of the large bodies of water
• Caló: pañibaró — one of the large bodies of water
• Carpathian Rusyn: океа́н (okeán) — one of the large bodies of water
• Catalan: oceà — one of the large bodies of water
• Chechen: океан (okean) — one of the large bodies of water
• Chechen: ӏапказ (ˀapkaz) — one of the large bodies of water
• Cherokee: ᎡᏉᏂ (equoni) — one of the large bodies of water
• Cherokee: ᎠᎺᏉᎯ (amequohi) — one of the large bodies of water
• Chinese Cantonese: 大洋 — one of the large bodies of water
• Chinese: ён (ion) — one of the large bodies of water
• Eastern Min Chinese: 大洋 (dâi-iòng) — one of the large bodies of water
• Chinese: 海洋 (zh-min-nan) — one of the large bodies of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 大洋 (dàyáng) — one of the large bodies of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 海洋 (hǎiyáng) — one of the large bodies of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 洋 (yáng) — one of the large bodies of water
• Wu Chinese: 洋 — one of the large bodies of water
• Chukchi: майӈыаӈӄы (majṇyaṇqy) — one of the large bodies of water
• Crimean Tatar: okean — one of the large bodies of water
• Czech: oceán — one of the large bodies of water
• Danish: ocean — one of the large bodies of water
• Danish: verdenshav — one of the large bodies of water
• Dhivehi: ކަނޑު (kanḍu) — one of the large bodies of water
• Dutch: oceaan — one of the large bodies of water
• Dutch: wereldzee — one of the large bodies of water
• Dzongkha: རྒྱ་མཚོ (rgya mtsho) — one of the large bodies of water
• Esperanto: oceano — one of the large bodies of water
• Estonian: ookean — one of the large bodies of water
• Extremaduran: océanu — one of the large bodies of water
• Farefare: ateko — one of the large bodies of water
• Faroese: hav — one of the large bodies of water
• Fijian: wasa — one of the large bodies of water
• Finnish: valtameri — one of the large bodies of water
• French: océan — one of the large bodies of water
• Galician: ouceán — one of the large bodies of water
• Galician: ouceao — one of the large bodies of water
• Galician: ouciao — one of the large bodies of water
• Galician: océano — one of the large bodies of water
• Georgian: ოკეანე (oḳeane) — one of the large bodies of water
• German: Weltmeer — one of the large bodies of water
• German: Ozean — one of the large bodies of water
• Greek: ωκεανός (okeanós) — one of the large bodies of water
• Ancient Greek: ὠκεανός (ōkeanós) — one of the large bodies of water
• Greenlandic: imaq — one of the large bodies of water
• Gujarati: સમુદ્ર (samudra) — one of the large bodies of water
• Haitian Creole: oseyan — one of the large bodies of water
• Hausa: tḕku — one of the large bodies of water
• Hawaiian: moana — one of the large bodies of water
• Hawaiian: kai — one of the large bodies of water
• Hebrew: אוקיינוס \ אוֹקְיָנוֹס (oqyanós) — one of the large bodies of water
• Hebrew: יָם (yam) — one of the large bodies of water
• Hindi: सागर (sāgar) — one of the large bodies of water
• Hindi: महासागर (mahāsāgar) — one of the large bodies of water
• Hindi: समुद्र (samudra) — one of the large bodies of water
• Hindi: महासमुद्र (mahāsmudra) — one of the large bodies of water
• Hindi: समन्दर (samandar) — one of the large bodies of water
• Hindi: समुन्दर (samundar) — one of the large bodies of water
• Hindi: अम्बुधि (ambudhi) — one of the large bodies of water
• Hindi: बहर (bahar) — one of the large bodies of water
• Hungarian: óceán — one of the large bodies of water
• Icelandic: haf — one of the large bodies of water
• Icelandic: sjór — one of the large bodies of water
• Icelandic: ægir — one of the large bodies of water
• Icelandic: úthaf — one of the large bodies of water
• Ido: oceano — one of the large bodies of water
• Tuwali Ifugao: baybay — one of the large bodies of water
• Igbo: osimiri — one of the large bodies of water
• Ilocano: baybay — one of the large bodies of water
• Indonesian: samudra — one of the large bodies of water
• Indonesian: lautan — one of the large bodies of water
• Interlingua: oceano — one of the large bodies of water
• Iranun: kaludan — one of the large bodies of water
• Irish: aigéan — one of the large bodies of water
• Irish: oician — one of the large bodies of water
• Irish: bóchna — one of the large bodies of water
• Irish: farraige — one of the large bodies of water
• Irish: farraige mhór — one of the large bodies of water
• Irish: lear — one of the large bodies of water
• Irish: mórmhuir — one of the large bodies of water
• Isoko: abadị — one of the large bodies of water
• Italian: oceano — one of the large bodies of water
• Japanese: 大洋 (taiyō) — one of the large bodies of water
• Japanese: 海洋 (kaiyō) — one of the large bodies of water
• Japanese: 海 (umi) — one of the large bodies of water
• Javanese: segara — one of the large bodies of water
• Javanese: saganten — one of the large bodies of water
• Javanese: samodra — one of the large bodies of water
• Kabuverdianu: mar — one of the large bodies of water
• Kabuverdianu: osianu — one of the large bodies of water
• Southern Kalinga: fayfay — one of the large bodies of water
• Kalmyk: дала (dala) — one of the large bodies of water
• Kannada: ಸಮುದ್ರ (samudra) — one of the large bodies of water
• Kannada: ಮಹಾಸಾಗರ (mahāsāgara) — one of the large bodies of water
• Kapampangan: kadayatmalatan — one of the large bodies of water
• Kapampangan: kedayatmalatan — one of the large bodies of water
• Kapampangan: karayatmalatan — one of the large bodies of water
• Kapampangan: kerayatmalatan — one of the large bodies of water
• Karakalpak: okean — one of the large bodies of water
• Kazakh: мұхит (mūxit) — one of the large bodies of water
• Khmer: មហាសមុទ្រ (mĕəʼhaasaʼmot) — one of the large bodies of water
• Khmer: សមុទ្រ (saʼmot) — one of the large bodies of water
• Khmer: សាគរ (saakɔɔ) — one of the large bodies of water
• Korean: 대양 (daeyang) — one of the large bodies of water
• Korean: 바다 (bada) — one of the large bodies of water
• Central Kurdish: ئۆقیانووس (oqyanûs) — one of the large bodies of water
• Northern Kurdish: okyanûs — one of the large bodies of water
• Kyrgyz: океан (okean) — one of the large bodies of water
• Lao: ມະຫາສະຫມຸດ (ma hā sa mut) — one of the large bodies of water
• Latin: ōceanus — one of the large bodies of water
• Latvian: okeāns — one of the large bodies of water
• Lithuanian: okeanas — one of the large bodies of water
• Lithuanian: vandenynas — one of the large bodies of water
• Luganda: enyanjja — one of the large bodies of water
• Luganda: enenne — one of the large bodies of water
• Luiseño: móomat — one of the large bodies of water
• Lushootseed: x̌wəlč — one of the large bodies of water
• Macedonian: океа́н (okeán) — one of the large bodies of water
• Malagasy: oseana — one of the large bodies of water
• Malagasy: ranomasina — one of the large bodies of water
• Malay: lautan — one of the large bodies of water
• Malay: samudera — one of the large bodies of water
• Malay: segara — one of the large bodies of water
• Brunei Malay: lautan — one of the large bodies of water
• Malayalam: സമുദ്രം (samudraṁ) — one of the large bodies of water
• Malayalam: സാഗരം (sāgaraṁ) — one of the large bodies of water
• Maltese: oċean — one of the large bodies of water
• Manchu: ᠨᠠᠮᡠ (namu) — one of the large bodies of water
• Manx: faarkey — one of the large bodies of water
• Māori: moana — one of the large bodies of water
• Māori: moana pīpipi — one of the large bodies of water
• Māori: moana waiwai — one of the large bodies of water
• Māori: moana tuauriuri — one of the large bodies of water
• Maranao: kalodan — one of the large bodies of water
• Maranao: karodan — one of the large bodies of water
• Marathi: महासागर (mahāsāgar) — one of the large bodies of water
• Mauritian Creole: losean — one of the large bodies of water
• Mirandese: ouceano — one of the large bodies of water
• Mongolian: далай (dalaj) — one of the large bodies of water
• Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai) — one of the large bodies of water
• Nahuatl: ilhuicaatl — one of the large bodies of water
• Navajo: tónteel — one of the large bodies of water
• Nepali: महासागर (mahāsāgar) — one of the large bodies of water
• Norman: ochéan — one of the large bodies of water
• Norwegian Bokmål: verdenshav — one of the large bodies of water
• Norwegian Bokmål: osean — one of the large bodies of water
• Norwegian Nynorsk: verdshav — one of the large bodies of water
• Norwegian Nynorsk: osean — one of the large bodies of water
• Occitan: ocean — one of the large bodies of water
• Odia: ମହାସାଗର (mahāsāgara) — one of the large bodies of water
• Old English: gārseċġ — one of the large bodies of water
• Pali: samudda — one of the large bodies of water
• Pannonian Rusyn: океан (okean) — one of the large bodies of water
• Pashto: سمندر (samandar) — one of the large bodies of water
• Dari: اُقْیَانُوس (uqyānūs) — one of the large bodies of water
• Dari: زِرَاه (zirāh) — one of the large bodies of water
• Dari: زَرَاه (zarāh) — one of the large bodies of water
• Dari: قَامُوس (qāmūs) — one of the large bodies of water
• Iranian Persian: اُقْیانوس (oġyânus) — one of the large bodies of water
• Iranian Persian: زِراه (zerâh) — one of the large bodies of water
• Iranian Persian: زَراه (zarâh) — one of the large bodies of water
• Iranian Persian: قاموس (ġâmus) — one of the large bodies of water
• Plautdietsch: Mäa — one of the large bodies of water
• Plautdietsch: Ozean — one of the large bodies of water
• Polish: ocean — one of the large bodies of water
• Kashaya: ʔahqha — one of the large bodies of water
• Portuguese: oceano — one of the large bodies of water
• Punjabi: ਮਹਾਂਸਾਗਰ (mahānsāgar) — one of the large bodies of water
• Quechua: mama qucha — one of the large bodies of water
• Rohingya: cáigor — one of the large bodies of water
• Romanian: ocean — one of the large bodies of water
• Russian: океа́н (okeán) — one of the large bodies of water
• Rwanda-Rundi: inyanja — one of the large bodies of water
• Rwanda-Rundi: iki-yaga — one of the large bodies of water
• Northern Sami: mearra — one of the large bodies of water
• Northern Sami: áhpi — one of the large bodies of water
• Samoan: vasa — one of the large bodies of water
• Sanskrit: समुद्र (samudra) — one of the large bodies of water
• Sanskrit: धीर (dhīra) — one of the large bodies of water
• Sardinian: mari — one of the large bodies of water
• Scottish Gaelic: aigeann — one of the large bodies of water
• Scottish Gaelic: cuan — one of the large bodies of water
• Scottish Gaelic: cuan mòr — one of the large bodies of water
• Scottish Gaelic: fairge — one of the large bodies of water
• Scottish Gaelic: an fhairge mhòr — one of the large bodies of water
• Scottish Gaelic: muir — one of the large bodies of water
• Scottish Gaelic: tàbh — one of the large bodies of water
• Serbo-Croatian: окѐа̄н m оцѐа̄н — one of the large bodies of water
• Serbo-Croatian: okèān — one of the large bodies of water
• Serbo-Croatian: ocèān — one of the large bodies of water
• Shan: ပၢင်ႇလၢႆႇ (pàang làai) — one of the large bodies of water
• Sicilian: ucèanu — one of the large bodies of water
• Silesian: ôcean — one of the large bodies of water
• Sindhi: ساگر (sâgaru) — one of the large bodies of water
• Sinhalese: සාගරය (sāgaraya) — one of the large bodies of water
• Slovak: oceán — one of the large bodies of water
• Slovene: ocean — one of the large bodies of water
• Somali: badweyn — one of the large bodies of water
• Upper Sorbian: ocean — one of the large bodies of water
• Spanish: océano — one of the large bodies of water
• Sundanese: jaladri — one of the large bodies of water
• Swahili: bahari — one of the large bodies of water
• Swedish: ocean — one of the large bodies of water
• Swedish: världshav — one of the large bodies of water
• Tagalog: karagatan — one of the large bodies of water
• Tajik: уқёнус (uqyonus) — one of the large bodies of water
• Tamil: பெருங்கடல் (peruṅkaṭal) — one of the large bodies of water
• Tamil: ஆழி (āḻi) — one of the large bodies of water
• Tarifit: rebḥar — one of the large bodies of water
• Tatar: океан (okean) — one of the large bodies of water
• Telugu: మహా సముద్రం (mahā samudraṁ) — one of the large bodies of water
• Tetum: tasi — one of the large bodies of water
• Thai: มหาสมุทร (má-hǎa-sà-mùt) — one of the large bodies of water
• Tibetan: རྒྱ་མཚོ (rgya mtsho) — one of the large bodies of water
• Tigrinya: ውቅያኖስ (wəḳyanos) — one of the large bodies of water
• Tlingit: éil' — one of the large bodies of water
• Tocharian A: sāmudtär — one of the large bodies of water
• Tocharian B: samudtär — one of the large bodies of water
• Tocharian B: lyam — one of the large bodies of water
• Tok Pisin: solwara — one of the large bodies of water
• Tongan: 'oseni — one of the large bodies of water
• Tongan: tahi — one of the large bodies of water
• Tumbuka: mbwani — one of the large bodies of water
• Tupinambá: paranã — one of the large bodies of water
• Turkish: okyanus — one of the large bodies of water
• Turkish: ana deniz — one of the large bodies of water
• Turkmen: okean — one of the large bodies of water
• Turkmen: de–iz — one of the large bodies of water
• Udmurt: океан (okean) — one of the large bodies of water
• Ukrainian: океа́н (okeán) — one of the large bodies of water
• Unami: kitahikàn — one of the large bodies of water
• Urdu: بَحْر (bahr) — one of the large bodies of water
• Urdu: مُحِیط (muhīt) — one of the large bodies of water
• Urdu: سَمَنْدَر (samandar) — one of the large bodies of water
• Urdu: سَمُنْدَر (samundar) — one of the large bodies of water
• Urdu: ساگَر (sāgar) — one of the large bodies of water
• Urdu: قامُوس (qāmūs) — one of the large bodies of water
• Urdu: اُقْیانُوس (uqyānūs) — one of the large bodies of water
• Uyghur: ئوكيان (okyan) — one of the large bodies of water
• Uzbek: okean — one of the large bodies of water
• Uzbek: muhit — one of the large bodies of water
• Venetan: oçeano — one of the large bodies of water
• Vietnamese: đại dương — one of the large bodies of water
• Volapük: sean — one of the large bodies of water
• Võro: suurmeri — one of the large bodies of water
• Walloon: oceyan — one of the large bodies of water
• Welsh: cefnfor — one of the large bodies of water
• Welsh: eigion — one of the large bodies of water
• Wolof: mbàmbulaan — one of the large bodies of water
• Xhosa: ulwandlekazi — one of the large bodies of water
• Yakut: океан (okean) — one of the large bodies of water
• Yiddish: ים (yam) — one of the large bodies of water
• Yiddish: אָקעאַן (okean) — one of the large bodies of water
• Yoruba: òkun — one of the large bodies of water
• Yup'ik: imarpik — one of the large bodies of water
• Zhuang: haijyangz — one of the large bodies of water
• Zulu: ulwandle class 11/10 — one of the large bodies of water
• French: océan — water from an ocean
• Haitian Creole: oseyan — water from an ocean
• Norman: ochéan — water from an ocean
• Polish: ocean — water from an ocean
• Romanian: ocean — water from an ocean
• Tok Pisin: solwara — water from an ocean
• French: océan — immense expanse
• Kabuverdianu: mar — immense expanse
• Norman: ochéan — immense expanse
• Polish: ocean — immense expanse
• Romanian: ocean — immense expanse
• Northern Sami: áhpi — immense expanse