ocean

(countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.

The island is surrounded by ocean

(uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.

the boundless ocean of eternity

an ocean of difference

On the present occasion, Traddles was so hemmed in by the pagoda and the guitar-case, and Dora’s flower-painting, and my writing-table, that I had serious doubts of the possibility of his using his knife and fork; but he protested, with his own good-humour, ‘Oceans of room, Copperfield! I assure you, Oceans!’

1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:

Poison Ivy, Lord,'ll make you itch
You're gonna need an ocean
Of calamine lotion
You'll be scratchin' like a hound
The minute you start to mess around

1959, “Poison Ivy”, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (lyrics), performed by The Coasters:

(figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.

ocean:

A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).

en-noun

ocean (countable and uncountable, plural oceans)

it's not the size of the ship, it's the motion of the 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.


ocean

Etymology tree
Latin ōceanusder.
Occitan ocean
Derived from Latin ōceanus m.


ocean

ocean (one of the large bodies of water separating the continents)

(figurative) ocean (immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits)

pl-noun

ocean m inan (related adjective oceaniczny or oceanowy)

oceaniczny (adjective)
oceanowy (adjective)
ocean (nominative singular)
oceany (nominative plural)
oceanu (genitive singular)
oceanów (genitive plural)
oceanowi (dative singular)
oceanom (dative plural)
ocean (accusative singular)
oceany (accusative plural)
oceanem (instrumental singular)
oceanami (instrumental plural)
oceanie (locative singular)
oceanach (locative plural)
oceanie (singular vocative)
oceany (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin Ōceanus. Doublet of Okeanos.


ocean

oceane (plural)
ocean (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
oceanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
oceane (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
oceanele (accusative definite nominative plural)
ocean (indefinite singular)
oceanului (definite singular)
oceane (indefinite singular)
oceanelor (definite plural)
oceanule (singular vocative)
oceanelor (vocative)

Etymology tree
French océanbor.
Latin ōceanusbor.
German Ozeanbor.
Romanian ocean
Borrowed from French océan m, Latin ōceanus m, and German Ozean m.


ocean

sh-noun

ocèān m (Cyrillic spelling оцѐа̄н, relational adjective ocèānskī)

ocèān (canonical masculine)
оцѐа̄н (Cyrillic)
ocèānskī (adjective relational)
ocèān (nominative singular)
oceani (nominative plural)
oceána (genitive singular)
oceana (genitive plural)
oceanu (dative singular)
oceanima (dative plural)
ocean (accusative singular)
oceane (accusative plural)
oceane (singular vocative)
oceani (plural vocative)
oceanu (locative singular)
oceanima (locative plural)
oceanom (instrumental singular)
oceanima (instrumental plural)

From Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”).


ocean

oceán (canonical inanimate masculine)
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oceán (nominative singular)
oceána (dual nominative)
oceáni (nominative plural)
oceána (genitive singular)
oceánov (dual genitive)
oceánov (genitive plural)
oceánu (dative singular)
oceánoma (dative dual)
oceánom (dative plural)
oceán (accusative singular)
oceána (accusative dual)
oceáne (accusative plural)
oceánu (locative singular)
oceánih (dual locative)
oceánih (locative plural)
oceánom (instrumental singular)
oceánoma (dual instrumental)
oceáni (instrumental plural)


ocean

(uncountable) ocean (water belonging to an ocean)

(figuratively) an ocean (immense expanse or amount)

ocean (indefinite nominative singular)
oceans (genitive indefinite singular)
oceanen (definite nominative singular)
oceanens (definite genitive singular)
oceaner (indefinite nominative plural)
oceaners (genitive indefinite plural)
oceanerna (definite nominative plural)
oceanernas (definite genitive plural)