cyan
English
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsaɪˌæn/, /ˈsaɪ.ən/
Noun
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.
- cyan colour:
Translations
a colour between blue and green
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Adjective
cyan (comparative more cyan, superlative most cyan)
- Of the colour cyan.
Translations
of the colour cyan
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Derived terms
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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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɪjan]
Noun
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
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sjɑ̃/
Noun
cyan m (plural cyans)
- cyan (color)
See also
| 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
Adjective
cyan
- cyan (colour)
Synonyms
- cyanfärgad
Noun
cyan
- cyan (colour)
- (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
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