océan
French, noun/ɔ.se.ɑ̃/
océan is spelled O-C-É-A-N (5 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 3,067th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Océan is a French masculine noun meaning “an ocean (one of the large bodies of water separating the continents)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étendue d’eau salée couvrant la majeure partie de la Terre”.
What does océan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean ocean (one of the large bodies of water separating the continents)
- 2
masculinethe ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
- 3
masculineocean (immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limit)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étendue d’eau salée couvrant la majeure partie de la Terre. 2. Chacune des quatre ou cinq divisions majeures de l’océan : 3. Grande étendue d’eau. 4. Grande étendue.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of océan
- océans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce océan?
- /ɔ.se.ɑ̃/
- \ɔ.se.ɑ̃\
- [œ̃ n‿o.se.ɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to océan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is océan in French?
océan appears 26 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).