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oceanography

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌəʊʃjəˈnɒɡɹəfi/
  • US: /ˌoʊʃəˈnɑɡɹəfi/
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  • rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
  • CMU ARPABET: OW2 SH AH0 N AA1 G R AH0 F IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The exploration and scientific study of the oceans and ocean floor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oceanology

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: earth science

Narrower terms: hydrography

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós)der. Latin Ōceanusder. Old French occeanbor. Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan English ocean Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -ography English oceanography From ocean + -ography.

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: oseanografie — oceanic exploration and study
  • Afrikaans: oseanologie — oceanic exploration and study
  • Albanian: oqeanografia — oceanic exploration and study
  • Armenian: օվկիանոսագիտություն (ōvkianosagitutʻyun) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Breton: moroniezh — oceanic exploration and study
  • Bulgarian: океанография (okeanografija) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Bulgarian: океанология (okeanologija) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Burmese: အဏ္ဏဝါဗေဒ (anna.wabeda.) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Catalan: oceanografia — oceanic exploration and study
  • Catalan: oceanologia — oceanic exploration and study
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海洋學 /海洋学 (hǎiyángxué) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Czech: oceánografie — oceanic exploration and study
  • Czech: oceánologie — oceanic exploration and study
  • Danish: oceanografi — oceanic exploration and study
  • Dutch: zeekunde — oceanic exploration and study
  • Dutch: oceanografie — oceanic exploration and study
  • Dutch: oceanologie — oceanic exploration and study
  • Esperanto: oceanografio — oceanic exploration and study
  • Esperanto: oceanologio — oceanic exploration and study
  • Estonian: okeanograafia — oceanic exploration and study
  • Estonian: okeanoloogia — oceanic exploration and study
  • Faroese: havfrøði — oceanic exploration and study
  • Finnish: meritiede — oceanic exploration and study
  • Finnish: oseanografia — oceanic exploration and study
  • French: océanographie — oceanic exploration and study
  • French: océanologie — oceanic exploration and study
  • Galician: oceanografía — oceanic exploration and study
  • Galician: oceanoloxía — oceanic exploration and study
  • Georgian: ოკეანოლოგია (oḳeanologia) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Georgian: ოკეანოგრაფია (oḳeanograpia) — oceanic exploration and study
  • German: Ozeanographie — oceanic exploration and study
  • German: Ozeanografie — oceanic exploration and study
  • German: Meereskunde — oceanic exploration and study
  • Greek: ωκεανογραφία (okeanografía) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Hindi: समुद्र विज्ञान (samudra vijñān) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Hungarian: oceanográfia — oceanic exploration and study
  • Icelandic: haffræði — oceanic exploration and study
  • Ido: oceanografio — oceanic exploration and study
  • Indonesian: oseanografi — oceanic exploration and study
  • Indonesian: oseanologi — oceanic exploration and study
  • Irish: aigéaneolaíocht — oceanic exploration and study
  • Italian: oceanografia — oceanic exploration and study
  • Italian: oceanologia — oceanic exploration and study
  • Japanese: 海洋学 (kaiyōgaku) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Khmer: សាគរលេខន៍ (sakor lek) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Khmer: សាគរវិទ្យា (sakor vityea) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Korean: 해양학 (haeyanghak) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Latvian: okeanogrāfija — oceanic exploration and study
  • Latvian: okeanoloģija — oceanic exploration and study
  • Lithuanian: okeanografija — oceanic exploration and study
  • Lithuanian: okeanologija — oceanic exploration and study
  • Macedonian: океанографија (okeanografija) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Macedonian: океанологија (okeanologija) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Maltese: oċeanografija — oceanic exploration and study
  • Manx: mooir-oaylleeaght — oceanic exploration and study
  • Māori: mātai aumoana — oceanic exploration and study
  • Navajo: tónteel naalkaah — oceanic exploration and study
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oseanografi — oceanic exploration and study
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oseanografi — oceanic exploration and study
  • Polish: oceanografia — oceanic exploration and study
  • Polish: oceanologia — oceanic exploration and study
  • Portuguese: oceanografia — oceanic exploration and study
  • Portuguese: oceanologia — oceanic exploration and study
  • Romanian: oceanografie — oceanic exploration and study
  • Romanian: oceanologie — oceanic exploration and study
  • Russian: океаногра́фия (okeanográfija) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Serbo-Croatian: oceanografija — oceanic exploration and study
  • Slovak: oceánografia — oceanic exploration and study
  • Slovene: oceanografija — oceanic exploration and study
  • Slovene: oceanologija — oceanic exploration and study
  • Spanish: oceanografía — oceanic exploration and study
  • Swedish: oceanografi — oceanic exploration and study
  • Tamil: கடலியல் (kaṭaliyal) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Turkish: oseonografya — oceanic exploration and study
  • Turkish: oşinografi — oceanic exploration and study
  • Turkish: okyanus bilimi — oceanic exploration and study
  • Ukrainian: океанографія (okeanohrafija) — oceanic exploration and study
  • Vietnamese: hải dương học — oceanic exploration and study
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