See also: ocean, Ocean, oceán, óceán, and oċean

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Etymology

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

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océan m (plural océans)

  1. (countable) an ocean (one of the large bodies of water separating the continents)
    Coordinate term: mer
  2. (uncountable, with the definite article) the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
    Synonym: mer
  3. (figuratively) ocean (immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limit)

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