Masculine
océan
- (countable, masculine) an ocean (one of the large bodies of water separating the continents)
- (masculine, uncountable) the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
- (figuratively, masculine) ocean (immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limit)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɔ.se.ɑ̃/
Etymology
In summary
Learned borrowing from Latin Ōceanus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).
Related words
bounding main
large sea
marine areas
ocean spaces
a whole lot
oceanus
neptune
itsaso
oc´án
Mer
Océan Pacifique
région maritime
région marine
entité hydrologique
merdomain:envir
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