cyan

See also: Cyan and cyan-

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos, “blue, various blue materials or things”), probably a loanword from or akin to Hittite [script needed] (kuwannan-, “precious stone, copper, blue”), and/or ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to shine, white, light”) (see white).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪˌæn/, /ˈsaɪ.ən/, /saɪˈæn/

• Audio (RP)

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• Rhymes: -aɪən, -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.

   cyan (additive secondary):  

   cyan (subtractive primary):  

Translations

a colour between blue and green

• Afrikaans: siaan
• Arabic: سَمَاوِيّ‎ m (samāwiyy)

  Moroccan Arabic: سماوي‎ (smāwi)

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܝܵܢܵܐ‎ m (kyana)
• Azerbaijani: mavi (az)
• Bashkir: зәңгәр (zäŋgär)
• Bengali: সায়ান (śaẏan)
• Bulgarian: циан m (cian), синьо-зелен цвят (sinjo-zelen cvjat)
• Burmese: စိမ်းပြာရောင် (cim:praraung)
• Catalan: cian (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 青色 (zh) (qīngsè)

• Czech: cyan (cs) m
• Dutch: cyaan (nl) n, appelblauwzeegroen (nl) n
• Esperanto: ciankoloro, cejanbluo
• Faroese: blágrønur
• Finnish: sinivihreä (fi), syaani (fi)
• French: cyan (fr) m
• Galician: ciano (gl)
• German: Aquamarin (de) n, Zyan (de) n, blaugrün (de)
• Greek: κυανός (el) m (kyanós)
• Hindi: आसमानी (hi) (āsmānī)
• Ido: ciana (io)
• Indonesian: nilangsuka, sian (id)
• Interlingua: cyano, cyano blau
• Irish: cian m, cianghorm m
• Italian: ciano (it) m
• Japanese: 水色 (ja) (みずいろ, mizu-iro), シアン (shian), 青緑色 (あおみどりいろ, aomidori-iro)
• Kazakh: циан (sian)
• Khmer: និលហរិត (nil hak rit)
• Korean: 청록색 (ko) (cheongnoksaek)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: sayan (ku)

• Kyrgyz: көгүлтүр (ky) (kögültür)
• Lao: ສີຟ້າເຄົ້າ (sī fā khao)
• Lithuanian: žydra f
• Luganda: bululu
• Malagasy: ohatra tsy ampy
• Malay: langit biru
• Maori: kārikiōrangi
• Mongolian: шар хөх өнгө (šar xöx öngö)
• Nepali: सियान (siyān)
• Persian: آبی دریایی‎ (âbi-daryâyi), سیان‎ (fa) (siyân), زنگاری‎ (fa) (zangâri)
• Polish: turkus (pl) m inan, cyjan (pl) m
• Portuguese: turquesa (pt) f, ciano (pt) m
• Romanian: azur (ro) m, cyan (ro) n
• Russian: бирюзо́вый (ru) m (birjuzóvyj)
• Rwanda-Rundi: uburubu
• Scottish Gaelic: saidhean m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тиркизна f

  Roman: tirkizna f

• Sinhalese: සයන් (sayan)
• Somali: baxri
• Spanish: cian (es) m
• Swahili: cyan
• Swedish: cyan (sv), cyanfärg, turkos (sv), turkosfärg
• Tsonga: wasi-lwandle
• Tswana: saeyene
• Turkish: camgöbeği (tr)
• Vietnamese: xanh lơ (vi)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Wolof: baxa (wo)

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)

• Czech: azurový (cs) m
• Dutch: cyaankleurig
• Esperanto: ciankolora, cejana
• Faroese: blágrønur
• Finnish: sinivihreä (fi), syaanin värinen
• French: turquois (fr)
• German: türkis (de) (common); zyan (specialist use only)
• Greek: κυανός (el) (kyanós)
• Icelandic: blágrænn (is)
• Ido: ciana (io)
• Interlingua: cyan
• Japanese: シアン色の (shian’iro no)
• Khmer: និលហរិត (nil hak rit)
• Maori: kārikiōrangi
• Persian: سبزآبی‎
• Polish: turkusowy (pl), cyjanowy
• Portuguese: ciano (pt) m
• Russian: голубо́й (ru) (golubój), бирюзовый (ru) m (birjuzovyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: saidhean
• Spanish: cian (es)
• Swedish: cyan (sv), cyanfärgad, turkos (sv), turkosfärgad
• Welsh: gwyrddlas (cy)

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)}

Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text)

white	gray, grey	black
red; crimson	orange; brown	yellow; cream
lime, lime green	green	mint
cyan; teal	azure, sky blue	blue
violet; indigo	magenta; purple	pink

Further reading

• cyan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -ancy, cany

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪjan]

Noun

cyan m

1. (printing) cyan

Colors in Czech · barvy (layout · text)

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

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɑ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

cyan m (plural cyans)

1. cyan (color)

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)

blanc	gris	noir
rouge; cramoisi	orange; brun	jaune; crème
vert citron	vert	menthe
cyan; bleu canard	azur	bleu
violet; indigo	magenta; pourpre	rose

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Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• cyaan, cyaa, cyah, cyahn, cyar

Etymology

From English can't.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kjan/

Verb

cyan

1. cannot

Further reading

• cyan – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

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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