occean

Middle English

Alternative forms

occian, occyan, occyane, occeane, oxyan

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

English: ocean
Scots: ocean

References

“occean (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-12.

Middle French

Alternative forms

ocean

Noun

occean m (plural occeans)

ocean (large body of water)

Old French

Alternative forms

ocean

Noun

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

ocean (large body of water)

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