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noun, masculine

océan

/ɔ.se.ɑ̃/

noun, masculine/ɔ.se.ɑ̃/plural: océans

an ocean (one of the large bodies of water separating the continents); the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface); ocean (immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limit)

Synonyms: mer

Learned borrowing from Latin ōceanus.