cyano
noun
cyano is a noun meaning “a univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom joined with a triple bond; organic compounds containing a cyano group…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-Y-A-N-O, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cyano is cyanos.
What does cyano mean?
noun
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a univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom joined with a triple bond; organic compounds containing a cyano group are nitriles
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cyano?
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-cyano-.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-cyano-.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-cyano.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cyano
- cyan-
- cyanos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cyano?
Cyano appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Cyano in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense blue:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cyano- |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cyano come from?
From Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos, “dark blue”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).