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oceanographer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˌoʊʃəˈnɑɡɹəfəɹ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: OW2 SH AH0 N AA1 G R AH0 F ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

a person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scientist

Narrower terms: Ekman, Vagn Walfrid Ekman

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: oceanógrafu — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Asturian: oceanógrafa — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Azerbaijani: okeonoqraf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Belarusian: акіяно́граф (akijanóhraf) — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Breton: moroniour — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Bulgarian: океанограф (okeanograf) — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Catalan: oceanògraf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Catalan: oceanògrafa — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海洋學家 /海洋学家 (hǎiyángxuéjiā) — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海洋研究者 — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Czech: oceánograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Danish: oceanograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Dutch: oceanograaf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Esperanto: oceanografisto — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Estonian: okeanograaf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • French: océanographe — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Galician: oceanógrafo — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Galician: oceanógrafa — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • German: Ozeanograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • German: Ozeanografin — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • German: Meereskundler — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • German: Meereskundlerin — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Greek: ωκεανογράφος (okeanográfos) — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Hindi: समुद्र विज्ञानी (samudra vijñānī) — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Hungarian: oceanográfus — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Icelandic: haffræðingur — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Indonesian: oseanografer — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Indonesian: ilmuwan kelautan — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Indonesian: ilmuwati kelautan — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Interlingua: oceanógrapho — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Irish: aigéaneolaí — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Italian: oceanografo — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Italian: oceanografa — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Italian: oceanografista — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Japanese: 海洋学者 (kaiyōgakusha) — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Kazakh: мұхиттанушы (mūxittanuşy) — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Korean: 해양학자 (haeyanghakja) — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Latvian: okeanogrāfs — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Lithuanian: okeanografas — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Lithuanian: okeanografė — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Macedonian: океано́граф (okeanógraf) — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Maltese: oċeanografu — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Maltese: oċeanografa — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oseanograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oseanograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Occitan: oceanograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Polish: oceanograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Polish: oceanografka — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Polish: oceanolog — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Polish: oceanolożka — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Portuguese: oceanógrafo — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Portuguese: oceanógrafa — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Portuguese: oceanografista — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Portuguese: oceanólogo — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Portuguese: oceanóloga — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Portuguese: oceanologista — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Romanian: oceanograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Romanian: oceanografă — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Romansh: oceanograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Romansh: oceanografa — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Russian: океано́граф (okeanógraf) — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Serbo-Croatian: okeanograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Serbo-Croatian: okeanograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Slovak: oceánograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Slovene: oceánograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Spanish: oceanógrafo — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Spanish: oceanógrafa — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Swedish: oceanograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Tajik: уқёнусшинос (uqyonusšinos) — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Turkish: oşinograf — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Turkish: denizbilimci — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Ukrainian: океано́граф (okeanóhraf) — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
  • Uzbek: okeanshunos — person who studies oceanography, the science of oceans
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