Definition
A prefix meaning blue or containing cyanide, used in chemistry and biology to indicate compounds with carbon-nitrogen triple bonds.
Etymology
From Greek kyanos, meaning 'dark blue' or 'blue-green.' Originally applied to blue dyes, the prefix was later adopted in chemistry to describe the -CN (cyanide) group when combined with other molecules.
Kelly Says
The prefix 'cyano' is one of chemistry's oldest naming traditions—it literally means 'blue' because early chemists first noticed this group in Prussian blue dye, one of the deepest blue pigments ever made.
Translations
ARالعربية
سيانيد
see-ah-need
BNবাংলা
সাইয়ানাইড
soy-an-aid
CACatalà
cianur
see-ah-noor
CSČeština
cianid
see-an-eed
ELΕλληνικά
κυανίδιο
kee-an-ee-dee-oh
ESEspañol
cianuro
see-ah-NOO-roh
FISuomi
syanidi
see-an-ee
HAHA
siyanidi
see-ya-nee-dee
HIहिन्दी
सायनाइड
say-an-aid
HUMagyar
cianid
see-an-eed
IDBahasa Indonesia
sianida
see-ah-nee-dah
IGIG
siyanidi
see-ya-nee-dee
ITItaliano
cianuro
chee-AH-noo-roh
MSBahasa Melayu
sianida
see-ah-nee-dah
NLNederlands
cyaan
see-an
PTPortuguês
ciano
see-AH-noh
RORomână
cianură
see-ah-noo-rah
RUРусский
цианат
tsi-anat
SVSvenska
cyanid
see-an-id
SWKiswahili
siyanidi
see-ya-nee-dee
TAதமிழ்
சைனேடைட்
say-nay-day-it
TEతెలుగు
సైయానైడ్
say-a-nay-id
THไทย
ไซยาไนด์
sai-ya-nat
TLTL
sianido
see-ah-nee-doh
UKУкраїнська
ціанід
tsee-ah-ne-eed
URاردو
سائنائیڈ
say-na-eed
VITiếng Việt
siyan
see-yan
YOYO
siyanidi
see-ya-nee-dee
ZUZU
isiyani
ee-see-ya-nee