ocean
Mane (English)
- One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
- Water belonging to an ocean.
- An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
- A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).
Synonyms
bounding main
great sea
neptune
large sea
great deep
great blue sea
receptacle of water
a river track
river route
a large amount of
oceanus
expanse of water
Pircarînî
Bi hîfenê ve hatîye girêdan wek
o‧cean
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈəʊ.ʃən/
Etîmolojî (English)
In summary
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.
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