κυανός

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See also: κύανος

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos), also see the Mediaeval κυανός m (kuanós), from Ancient Greek κῠᾰνοῦς (kuanoûs)/κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos, adjective) from κύανος (kúanos, noun). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀷𐀜 (ku-wa-no) and Tsakonian κουβάνε (kouváne).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ci.aˈnos/
  • Hyphenation: κυ‧α‧νός

Adjective

κυανός (kyanósm (feminine κυανή, neuter κυανό)

  1. (formal, contemporary) cyan or sky blue
    (older): blue
  2. (as noun) see: κυανό (kyanó, the colour cyan)

Declension

Synonyms

See also

Colors in Greek · χρώματα (chrómata) (layout · text)
     λευκό (lefkó)      γκρι (gkri)      μαύρο (mávro)
             κόκκινο (kókkino); βυσσινί (vyssiní)              πορτοκαλί (portokalí); καφέ (kafé)              κίτρινο (kítrino); κρεμ (krem)
             λαχανί (lachaní)              πράσινο (prásino)             
             κυανό (kyanó); βαθυκύανο (vathykýano)              γαλάζιο (galázio)              μπλε (ble)
             ιόχρους (ióchrous); ινδικό (indikó)              ματζέντα (matzénta); μωβ (mov)              ροζ (roz)

References

  1. ^ κυανός”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
  2. ^ κυανός - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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