cyan
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos), possibly a loanword, but more likely from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷei- (“to shine, white, light”) and cognate with Hittite kuwannan- (“precious stone, copper, blue”).
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Noun[edit]
cyan (countable and uncountable, plural cyans)
- A colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
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cyan colour:
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Translations[edit]
a colour between blue and green
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Adjective[edit]
cyan (comparative more cyan, superlative most cyan)
- Of the colour cyan.
Translations[edit]
of the colour cyan
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| Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text) | |||||
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| white | gray, grey | black | brown | ||
| pink | red ; crimson | orange | yellow ; cream | ||
| lime | green | cyan ; teal | |||
| azure, sky blue | blue | violet ; indigo | magenta ; purple | ||
- (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, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, 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
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Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cyan m
- (printing) cyan
| Colors in Czech · barvy (layout · text) | |||||
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| bílá | šedá | černá | hnědá | ||
| růžová | červená ; karmínová | oranžová | žlutá ; béžová | ||
| limetkově zelená | zelená | mátově zelená ; tmavě zelená | azurová ; zelenomodrá | ||
| modrá | modrá | fialová ; indigo | purpurová ; fialová | ||
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cyan m (plural cyans)
- cyan (color)
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| Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text) | |||||
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| blanc | gris | noir | brun | ||
| rose | rouge ; cramoisi | orange | jaune ; crème | ||
| vert citron | vert | cyan ; bleu canard | |||
| azur | bleu | violet ; indigo | magenta ; pourpre | ||
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cyan
- cyan (colour)
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Noun[edit]
cyan
- cyan (colour)
- (colloquial) Almost any chemical compound containing a cyanide group; especially if this compound is in gaseous state.
Synonyms[edit]
- (colour): cyanfärg
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