cyan
Of the colour cyanOf the colour cyan.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Meaning
1 sensesOf the colour cyan.
türkis, zyan
голубо́йgolubój, бирюзовыйbirjuzovyj
- of the blue-green color that is a primary subtractive color of light
Origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos), a shade of blue variously describedLearned 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”) - likely from Kuwanniya, all going back to kuwanna (woman), related to "queen" and γυνή. Compare modern Greek κυανός (kyanós), also used for cyan.
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Forms
more cyan, most cyanWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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