adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the ocean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
oceanic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Living in, produced by, or frequenting the ocean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Resembling an ocean in vastness or extent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Having a climate that has a relatively small difference in temperature between the warmest and coldest times of the year, and relatively high rainfall
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 5
Of or pertaining to Oceania; Oceanian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- An engaging explanation of Oceanic art and an important gateway to wider appreciation of Oceanic heritage and visual culture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adjective
Meaning 7
relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- oceanic islands like Bermuda
- oceanic currents
- oceanic birds
- pelagic organisms
- pelagic whaling
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pelagic
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
constituting or living in the open sea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- oceanic waters
- oceanic life
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the oceanic violence of his rage
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Malayo-Polynesian, Polynesian
Narrower terms: Tahitian, Maori, Hawaiian, Fijian
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ōceanicus; equivalent to ocean + -ic. Doublet of oceany.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُحِيطِيّ (muḥīṭiyy) — of or relating to the ocean
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōsāyā) — of or relating to the ocean
- Belarusian: акія́нскі (akijánski) — of or relating to the ocean
- Belarusian: акіяні́чны (akijaníčny) — of or relating to the ocean
- Bulgarian: океа́нски (okeánski) — of or relating to the ocean
- Catalan: oceànic — of or relating to the ocean
- Czech: oceánský — of or relating to the ocean
- Dutch: oceanisch — of or relating to the ocean
- Finnish: merellinen — of or relating to the ocean
- French: océanique — of or relating to the ocean
- German: ozeanisch — of or relating to the ocean
- Greek: ωκεάνιος (okeánios) — of or relating to the ocean
- Irish: aigéanach — of or relating to the ocean
- Irish: aigéanta — of or relating to the ocean
- Italian: oceanico — of or relating to the ocean
- Kazakh: мұхиттық (mūxittyq) — of or relating to the ocean
- Macedonian: океански (okeanski) — of or relating to the ocean
- Malay: lautan — of or relating to the ocean
- Maltese: oċeaniku — of or relating to the ocean
- Māori: aumoana — of or relating to the ocean
- Persian: اقیانوسی (oqiânusi) — of or relating to the ocean
- Polish: oceaniczny — of or relating to the ocean
- Portuguese: oceânico — of or relating to the ocean
- Romanian: oceanic — of or relating to the ocean
- Russian: океа́нский (okeánskij) — of or relating to the ocean
- Russian: океани́ческий (okeaníčeskij) — of or relating to the ocean
- Slovak: oceánsky — of or relating to the ocean
- Spanish: oceánico — of or relating to the ocean
- Swedish: oceanisk — of or relating to the ocean
- Ukrainian: океа́нський (okeánsʹkyj) — of or relating to the ocean
- Ukrainian: океані́чний (okeaníčnyj) — of or relating to the ocean
- Unami: kitahikàni — of or relating to the ocean
- French: océanique — living in the ocean
- Greek: ωκεάνιος (okeánios) — living in the ocean
- Malay: lautan — living in the ocean
- Polish: oceaniczny — living in the ocean
- Portuguese: oceânico — living in the ocean
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