different between ocean vs iapetus

English

Etymology

From Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan, from Old French occean (later reborrowed or reinforced by Middle French ocean), from Latin ?ceanus, originally from Ancient Greek ??????? (?keanós, “Oceanus”, a water deity). Displaced native Old English g?rse??.

Also commonly referred to as the ocean sea, the sea of ocean (compare Latin mare ?ceanum; Old French mer oceane, occeanne mer). Compare Saterland Frisian Oceoan (“ocean”), West Frisian oseaan (“ocean”), Dutch oceaan (“ocean”), German Low German Ozeaan (“ocean”), German Ozean (“ocean”), Danish ocean (“ocean”), Swedish ocean (“ocean”), French océan (“ocean”), Italian oceano (“ocean”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?.??n/
• Rhymes: -????n
• Hyphenation: o?cean

Noun

ocean (countable and uncountable, plural oceans)

1. (countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
2. (uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.

3. (figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.

4. A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).

Synonyms

• (large body of water): the ogin (UK, nautical and navy)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• sea
• lake

References

• Ocean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• acone, canoe

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ?ceanus.

Noun

ocean m (plural oceans)

1. ocean

Related terms

• oceanic
• oceanografia

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 686.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?s?.an/

Noun

ocean m inan

1. ocean

Declension

Derived terms

• oceaniczny
• oceanografia

Romanian

Etymology

From French océan

Noun

ocean n (plural oceane)

1. ocean

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• okè?n (Serbia, Bosnia)

Etymology

From Latin Oceanus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (?keanós, “Oceanus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ot?s?a?n/
• Hyphenation: o?ce?an

Noun

ocè?n m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (Croatia) ocean

Declension

Related terms

• prekoocenaski