cyan

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪˌæn/, /ˈsaɪ.ən/, /saɪˈæn/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.ən/, /sʌɪˈæn/
  • (dialectal) IPA^(key): [ˈsəjan], [səjˈan]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪən, -æn

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):  

cyan (comparative more cyan, superlative most cyan)

1. Of the colour cyan.

• haemocyanin, hemocyanin

• cyan-
• cyano-

• cyan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• -ancy, cany

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪjan]

cyan m inan

1. (printing) cyan

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).

cyan c (singular definite cyanen, not used in plural form)

1. cyan (colour)

• cyanblå

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).

• IPA^(key): /sjɑ̃/

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cyan m (plural cyans)

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

   Near-synonym: céruléen

• cyaan, cyaa, cyah, cyahn, cyar

From English can't.

• IPA^(key): /kjan/

cyan

1. cannot

• cyan – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

cyan

1. cyan (colour)

   Synonym: cyanblå

cyan

1. cyan (colour)

   Synonym: cyanblå

2. (colloquial) Almost any chemical compound containing a cyanide group; especially if this compound is in gaseous state.

• (colour): cyanfärg

• cyanblå

• blågrön
• cyankalium
• cyanid
• cyanväte
• turkos

• cyan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• cyan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• cyan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)