oceanic

See also: Oceanic and oceànic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōceanicus; equivalent to ocean +‎ -ic. Doublet of oceany.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌəʊʃiˈænɪk/, /ˌəʊsiˈænɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

oceanic (comparative more oceanic, superlative most oceanic)

1. Of or relating to the ocean.
2. Living in, produced by, or frequenting the ocean.
   • 2015 October 15, “On the Limited Potential of Azorean Fleshy Fruits for Oceanic Dispersal”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Nevertheless, the capacity of fleshy fruits to be dispersed by oceanic currents (resulting from their floatability and viability after prolonged exposure to saltwater) cannot be evaluated without empirical experimentation [3 ,7 ,10 ,16 ].

3. Resembling an ocean in vastness or extent.
4. Having a climate that has a relatively small difference in temperature between the warmest and coldest times of the year, and relatively high rainfall

Hyponyms

• hyperoceanic
• interoceanic
• midoceanic
• nonoceanic
• paleooceanic
• transoceanic

 

Derived terms

• mid-oceanic ridge
• oceanic abyss
• oceanically
• oceanic trench
• oceanic whitetip shark

 

Translations

of or relating to the ocean

• Arabic: مُحِيطِيّ (muḥīṭiyy)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܵܝܵܐ m (ēwqyānōsāyā)
• Belarusian: акія́нскі (akijánski), акіяні́чны (akijaníčny)
• Bulgarian: океа́нски (bg) (okeánski)
• Catalan: oceànic (ca)
• Czech: oceánský
• Dutch: oceanisch (nl)
• Finnish: merellinen (fi)
• French: océanique (fr)
• German: ozeanisch (de)
• Greek: ωκεάνιος (el) m (okeánios)
• Irish: aigéanach, aigéanta
• Italian: oceanico (it)
• Kazakh: мұхиттық (mūxittyq)
• Macedonian: океански (okeanski)
• Malay: lautan (ms)
• Maltese: oċeaniku m
• Maori: aumoana
• Persian: اقیانوسی (fa) (oqiânusi)
• Polish: oceaniczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: oceânico (pt)
• Russian: океа́нский (ru) (okeánskij), океани́ческий (ru) (okeaníčeskij)
• Slovak: oceánsky
• Spanish: oceánico (es)
• Ukrainian: океа́нський (uk) (okeánsʹkyj), океані́чний (uk) (okeaníčnyj)

living in the ocean

• French: océanique (fr)
• Greek: ωκεάνιος (el) m (okeánios)
• Malay: lautan (ms)
• Polish: oceaniczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: oceânico (pt)

References

• “oceanic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• cocaine, cocaïne

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French océanique, from Latin ōceanicus. By surface analysis, ocean +‎ -ic.

Adjective

oceanic m or n (feminine singular oceanică, masculine plural oceanici, feminine and neuter plural oceanice)

1. oceanic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	oceanic		oceanică		oceanici	oceanice
	definite	oceanicul		oceanica		oceanicii	oceanicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	oceanic		oceanice		oceanici	oceanice
	definite	oceanicului		oceanicei		oceanicilor	oceanicelor