océan

Meaning

1. an ocean (one of the large bodies of water separating the continents)
2. the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
3. ocean (immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limit)

Concepts

ocean

🌊

sea

🌊

body of water

Pacific

bounding main

water body

Antarctic Ocean

Ocean

🌊

large sea

water

🚰

marine areas

ocean spaces

a whole lot

oceanus

neptune

Arctic Ocean

oceans

Pacific Ocean

seas

Synonyms

mer

🌊

itsaso

oc´án

Mer

océan Indien

Océan Pacifique

région maritime

région marine

entité hydrologique

eaux

merdomain:envir

immensité

océan Atlantique

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɔ.se.ɑ̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: Ōceanus

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin Ōceanus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).