# 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: /ˈsaɪˌæn/, /ˈsaɪ.ən/, /saɪˈæn/
* (Canada) IPA: /ˈsaɪ.ən/, /sʌɪˈæn/
** (dialectal) IPA: [ˈsəjan], [səjˈan]
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪən, -æn

### Noun

cyan (countable and uncountable, plural cyans)
* An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.
    cyan (additive secondary):
    cyan (subtractive primary):

#### Derived terms

* cyanean
* cyanic
* cyanin
* cyanine
* cyanise
* cyanish
* œnocyan
* oocyan

#### Translations
### Adjective

cyan (comparative more cyan, superlative most cyan)
* Of the colour cyan.

#### Derived terms

* haemocyanin, hemocyanin

#### Translations
### Related terms

* cyan-
* cyano-

### See also

* Alice blue
* aqua
* aquamarine
* azure
* baby blue
* beryl
* bice
* bice blue
* blueberry
* blue green
* blue violet
* 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
* sky blue
* slate blue
* teal
* turquoise
* ultramarine
* Wedgwood blue
* zaffre
Colors/Colours in English (layout · text) :
| red | orange | yellow | green | blue (incl. indigo; cyan, teal, turquoise) | purple / violet |
| pink (including magenta) | brown | | white | gray/grey | black |

### Further reading

* cyan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* -ancy, cany

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sɪjan]

### Noun

cyan m inan
* (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
## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sjɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cyan m (plural cyans)
* 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: /kjan/

### Verb

cyan
* cannot

### Further reading

* cyan – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

## 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

* blågrön
* cyankalium
* cyanid
* cyanväte
* turkos