cyan

See also: Cyan and cyan-

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

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

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -aɪən, -æn

Noun

cyan (countable and uncountable, plural cyans)

1. An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.

   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 (zəñgər)
• 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 (ja) (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, цијан f

  Roman: tirkizna f, cijan (sh) f

• Sinhalese: සයන් (sayan)
• Somali: baxri (so)
• 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/Colours in English (layout · text)
red	orange	yellow	green	blue (incl.      indigo;              cyan, teal, turquoise)	purple / violet
pink (including          magenta)	brown		white	grey/gray	black

Further reading

• cyan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -ancy, cany

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪjan]

Noun

cyan m inan

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

Declension

Declension of cyan (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	cyan	cyany
genitive	cyanu	cyanů
dative	cyanu	cyanům
accusative	cyan	cyany
vocative	cyane	cyany
locative	cyanu	cyanech
instrumental	cyanem	cyany

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɑ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

cyan m (plural cyans)

1. cyan (vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum)

   Near-synonym: céruléen

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)

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

From English can't.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kjan/

Verb

cyan

1. cannot

Further reading

• cyan – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

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