cyaan

Borrowed from Latin cȳaneus, from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).

• IPA^(key): /siˈaːn/

• cyaan

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• Hyphenation: cy‧aan
• Rhymes: -aːn

cyaan n (uncountable)

1. cyanogen, a blueish, acid, poisonous gas
2. cyan (colour)

• blauwzuur
• cyaanwaterstof
• Pruisisch zuur

• cyaankali
• cyanide
• cyanose

cyaan (comparative cyaner, superlative cyaanst)

1. cyan

• cyaa, cyah, cyan, cyahn, cyar

From English can't.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲɑ̃/, /ˈkʲɒ̃/
• Hyphenation: cyaan

cyaan

1. can't, cannot

   Me cyaan dance now cause bar lock.

   I can't go dancing because the nightclubs are closed.

   We cyaan manage no hurricane now, we cyaan manage.

   We can't withstand another hurricane at present under any circumstances.

• Richard Allsopp, editor, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 1996 (2003 printing), →ISBN, page 185