cyan

See also: Cyan and cyan-

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos, “dark blue, dark blue enamel, lapis lazuli”), probably a non Indo-European word, but perhaps akin to, or from, Hittite *kuwanna(n)- "copper blue."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.æn/, /ˈsaɪ.ən/

Noun

cyan (usually uncountable, plural cyans)

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

   cyan colour:

Translations

a colour between blue and green

• Afrikaans: siaan
• Azeri: mavi (az)
• Catalan: cian m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 青色 (zh) (qīngsè)

• Dutch: cyaan (nl) n, appelblauwzeegroen n
• Esperanto: ciankoloro
• Finnish: sinivihreä (fi), syaani (fi)
• French: cyan (fr) m
• German: Aquamarin (de) n, Zyan n
• Greek: κυανός (el) m (kyanós)
• Interlingua: cyano, cyano blau
• Italian: ciano m
• Italian: cyan m
• Japanese: シアン (shian)
• Kazakh: циан (cïan)
• Khmer: និលហរិត (nil hak rit)
• Korean: 청록색 (cheonglogsaek)

• Lojban: cicna
• Malagasy: ohatra tsy ampy
• Mongolian: шар хөх өнгө (šar höh öngö)
• Polish: turkus (pl) m
• Portuguese: turquesa (pt) f, ciano (pt) m
• Romanian: azur (ro) m, cyan (ro) n
• Russian: голубой (ru) m (golubój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тиркизна f

  Roman: tirkizna f

• Spanish: cian (es) m
• Swahili: cyan
• Swedish: cyan (sv), cyanfärg, turkos (sv), turkosfärg
• Tagalog: siyano
• Turkish: camgöbeği (tr)
• Vietnamese: xanh lơ (vi)

Adjective

cyan (comparative more cyan, superlative most cyan)

1. Of the colour cyan.

Translations

of the colour cyan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 青色的 (zh) (qīngsè de)

• Dutch: cyaankleurig
• Esperanto: ciankolora
• Finnish: sinivihreä (fi), syaanin värinen
• Japanese: シアン色の (shian’iro no)

• Khmer: និលហរិត (nil hak rit)
• Persian: سبزآبی
• Polish: turkusowy (pl)
• Russian: голубой (ru) (golubój)
• Spanish: cian (es)
• Swedish: cyan (sv), cyanfärgad, turkos (sv), turkosfärgad

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, 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 ^{(Category: en:Blues)}

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French

Etymology

Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɑ̃/

Noun

cyan m (plural cyans)

1. cyan (color)

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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