cian

1. day

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [siˈan]

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cian m (uncountable)

1. cyan

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)

blanc	gris	negre
roig, vermell; carmesí	taronja; marró	groc; crema
verd llima	verd
cian; xarxet	atzur	blau
violat; indi	magenta; lila, porpra	rosa

From Persian جهان (“world”).

cian

1. universe, the world

   Synonym: dünya

• Birinci Cian cenki
• Ekinci Cian cenki

• “cian”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sian/

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• Rhymes: -ian
• Syllabification: ci‧an

cian

1. accusative singular of cia

• IPA^(key): /ciən̪ˠ/^[1], /ciənˠ/^[2][3]

From Old Irish cían,^[4] from Proto-Celtic *keinos.

cian (genitive singular masculine céin, genitive singular feminine céin, plural ciana, comparative céin)

1. long (having great duration)
2. distant, long-distance, remote

cian f (genitive singular céine, nominative plural cianta)

1. a long time, an age
2. a long distance

• cianda
• i gcéin
• ó chianaibh

cian m (genitive singular cian)

1. sadness, depression

• cianach
• cianaí
• faoi chian

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cian”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 188; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cian”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Latin canis, canem.

cian m (plural cians)

1. dog

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃan/

cian

1. flat, even

cian

1. plateau

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiː.ɑn/
• Rhymes: -iː.ɑn

ċīan

1. accusative/genitive/dative singular of ċīe
2. nominative/accusative plural of ċīe

From Old Irish cían (“far, distant”), from Proto-Celtic *keinos.

• IPA^(key): /kʰʲian/

cian m (dative singular cèin, genitive singular cèin)

1. (rare) distance, remoteness

   ’S cian nan cian bho dh’fhàg mi Leòdhas ― It’s ages and ages since I left Lewis.

• Rarely used now, save for some standard phrases.

cian (comparative cèine)

1. distant, remote

• cian-dhealbh
• cian-fhuaim

Borrowed from English cyan, from Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos, “dark blue”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθjan/ [ˈθjãn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsjan/ [ˈsjãn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: cian

cian (invariable)

1. cyan

cian m (uncountable)

1. cyan

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa, rosado

• “cian”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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