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):  

   • 2009, Harry Henderson, Computer Science and Technology, Revised edition, →ISBN, page 93:

     CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. This four component color system is standard for most types of color printing, since black is an ink color in printing but is simply the absence of color in video.

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

Borrowed from French cyan or English cyan, both from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).

cyan n (uncountable)

1. cyan

• “cyan”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

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)