cyan
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos), a shade of blue variously described as similar to cornflower, copper carbonate, and lapis lazuli, Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀷𐀜 (ku-wa-no), possibly from Hittite [script needed] (kuwannan-, “a precious stone; copper; shade of blue”). Compare modern Greek κυανός (kyanós), also used for cyan.
Pronunciation
Noun
cyan (countable and uncountable, plural cyans)
- An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.
- cyan (additive secondary):
- cyan (subtractive primary):
Derived terms
Translations
a colour between blue and green
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Adjective
cyan (comparative more cyan, superlative most cyan)
- Of the colour cyan.
Derived terms
Translations
of the colour cyan
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Related terms
See also
- Alice blue
- aqua
- aquamarine
- azure
- baby blue
- beryl
- bice
- bice blue
- blueberry
- blue green
- blue violet
- 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
- sky blue
- slate blue
- teal
- turquoise
- ultramarine
- Wedgwood blue
- zaffre
| Colors/Colours in English (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| red | orange | yellow | green | blue (incl. indigo; cyan, teal, turquoise) |
purple / violet | |
| pink (including magenta) |
brown | white | gray/grey | black | ||
Further reading
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
cyan m inan
| bílá (of animals) broná |
šedá, sivá | černá (of animals) vraná |
| červená, rudá; karmínová | oranžová; hnědá | žlutá, plavá; béžová |
| limetkově zelená | zelená | mátově zelená; tmavě zelená |
| azurová, blankytná; zelenomodrá | modrá | modrá, siná |
| fialová; indigo | purpurová; fialová | růžová |
Declension
Declension of cyan (hard masculine inanimate)
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).
Pronunciation
Noun
cyan m (plural cyans)
See also
| blanc | gris | noir |
| rouge; cramoisi, carmin | orange; brun, marron | jaune; crème |
| lime | vert | menthe |
| cyan, turquoise; bleu canard | azur, bleu ciel | bleu |
| violet, lilas; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
- cyaan, cyaa, cyah, cyahn, cyar
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
cyan
Further reading
- cyan – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
Swedish
Adjective
cyan
- cyan (colour)
Synonyms
- cyanfärgad
Noun
cyan
- cyan (colour)
- (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
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