occean

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French occean, from Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːsjan/, /ˈɔksjan/

Noun

occean (plural occeans)

  1. A large sea believed to encircle the world's land.
  2. Any ocean (large body of water)

Descendants
  • English: ocean
  • Scots: ocean

References

Middle French

Alternative forms

Noun

occean m (plural occeans)

  1. ocean (large body of water)

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

occean oblique singular, m (oblique plural occeans, nominative singular occeans, nominative plural occean)

  1. ocean (large body of water)

Descendants
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