how to pronounce océan

/ɔ.se.ɑ̃/

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océan is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of océan in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… % et 42 il ya quand même un océan vous …”

meanings of océan

noun:

Ocean.

océan frequency in french - B2 level of CEFR

the word océan occurs in french on average 26.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.