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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (kúanos), possibly a loanword, but more likely from Proto-Indo-European *??ei- (“to shine, white, light”) and cognate with Hittite [script needed] (kuwannan-, “precious stone, copper, blue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa??æn/, /?sa?.?n/, /sa??æn/

Noun

cyan (countable and uncountable, plural cyans)

1. A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.

Translations

Adjective

cyan (comparative more cyan, superlative most cyan)

1. Of the colour cyan.

Translations

Derived terms

• haemocyanin, hemocyanin

Related terms

• cyan-
• cyano-

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}

Further reading

• cyan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -ancy, cany

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?s?jan]

Noun

cyan m

1. (printing) cyan

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (kúanos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sj??/

Noun

cyan m (plural cyans)

1. cyan (color)

See also

Swedish

Adjective

cyan

1. cyan (colour)

Synonyms

• cyanfärgad

Noun

cyan

1. cyan (colour)
2. (colloquial) Almost any chemical compound containing a cyanide group; especially if this compound is in gaseous state.

Synonyms

• (colour): cyanfärg

Derived terms

• cyanblå

See also

• blågrön
• cyankalium
• cyanid
• cyanväte
• turkos