cyan
English
/ˈsaɪˌæn/
noun
Definitions
- A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek κύανος (blue, bluish metal) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷei- (light, white, shine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱʷei-
Gloss
light, white, shine
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
光, 明
Emoji
⚡️ 🌛 🌜️ 🌩️ 🏮 💡 🔦 🕯️ 🚥 🚦 🚨 🪶 ⚡️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acyanic English
- cyanate English
- cyanean English
- cyanic English
- cyanise English
- haemocyanin English
- hydrocyanic English
- hydroferricyanic English
- isocyanic English
- oocyan English
- oxyhaemocyanin English
- thiocyanic English
- œnocyan English
- cyaneus Latin
- cyanos Latin
- cyanus Latin
- Kyanit German
- cyan French
- κυανόπρῳρος Ancient Greek
- κύανος Ancient Greek
- *ḱwey- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱʷei- Proto-Indo-European
- κυανός Greek (modern)
- κυανός gkm