cyan
French, noun/sjɑ̃/
cyan is spelled C-Y-A-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 65,791st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cyan is a French masculine noun meaning “cyan (vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couleur bleu-vert, complémentaire du rouge. Une des couleurs primaires en synthèse soustractive. #2BFAFA”.
What does cyan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecyan (vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum)
Near-synonym: céruléen
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Couleur bleu-vert, complémentaire du rouge. Une des couleurs primaires en synthèse soustractive. #2BFAFA
adjective: 1. Qui est de couleur bleu-vert, complémentaire du rouge. Une des couleurs primaires en synthèse soustractive. #2BFAFA
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cyan
- cyans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cyan?
- /sjɑ̃/
- \sjɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cyan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cyan in French?
cyan appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).