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Middle English
Etymology
From Old French occean, from Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔːsjan/, /ˈɔksjan/
Noun
occean (plural occeans)
- A large sea believed to encircle the world's land.
- Any ocean (large body of water)
Descendants
References
Middle French
Noun
occean m (plural occeans)
- ocean (large body of water)
Old French
Noun
occean oblique singular, m (oblique plural occeans, nominative singular occeans, nominative plural occean)
- ocean (large body of water)
Descendants