how to pronounce океан

/ɐkʲɪˈan/

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океан is pronounced in three syllables

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kʲ

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An example use of океан in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… какой-то бездонный океан и познавать …”

meanings of океан

noun:

Ocean.

океан frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word океан occurs in russian on average 12.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.