cy


cycle; cycles.

Words nearby cy

Definition for cy (2 of 7)

Cy
[ sahy ]
/ saɪ /

noun

a male given name, form of Cyrus.

Definition for cy (3 of 7)

CY

calendar year.

Definition for cy (4 of 7)

-cy

a suffix used to form abstract nouns from adjectives with stems in -t, -te, -tic, and especially -nt (democracy; accuracy; expediency; stagnancy; lunacy), and sometimes used to form action nouns (vacancy; occupancy).
a suffix of nouns denoting rank or office, sometimes attached to the stem of a word rather than to the word itself: captaincy; magistracy.

Origin of -cy

representing French -cie, -tie, Latin -cia, -tia, Greek -kia, -keia, -tia, -teia; in most cases to be analyzed as consonant + -y3, the consonant making the whole or the last member of the preceding morpheme

Definition for cy (5 of 7)

cy.

cycle; cycles.

Definition for cy (6 of 7)

Cy.

Definition for cy (7 of 7)

Young
[ yuhng ]
/ yʌŋ /

noun

Example sentences from the Web for cy

British Dictionary definitions for cy (1 of 4)

CY

abbreviation for

Cyprus (international car registration)

British Dictionary definitions for cy (2 of 4)

-cy

suffix

(forming nouns from adjectives ending in -t, -tic, -te, and -nt) indicating state, quality, or condition plutocracy; lunacy; intimacy; infancy
(forming abstract nouns from other nouns) rank or office captaincy

Word Origin for -cy

via Old French from Latin -cia, -tia, Greek -kia, -tia, abstract noun suffixes

British Dictionary definitions for cy (3 of 4)

young
/ (jʌŋ) /

adjective younger (ˈjʌŋɡə) or youngest (ˈjʌŋɡɪst)

noun

(functioning as plural) offspring, esp young animals a rabbit with her young
with young (of animals) pregnant

Derived forms of young

youngish, adjective

Word Origin for young

Old English geong; related to Old Saxon, Old High German iung, Old Norse ungr, Latin iuvenis, Sanskrit yuvan

British Dictionary definitions for cy (4 of 4)

Young
/ (jʌŋ) /

noun

Brigham (ˈbrɪɡəm). 1801–77, US Mormon leader, who led the Mormon migration to Utah and founded Salt Lake City (1847)
Edward. 1683–1765, English poet and dramatist, noted for his Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality (1742–45)
Lester. 1909–59, US saxophonist and clarinetist. He was a leading early exponent of the tenor saxophone in jazz
Neil (Percival). born 1945, Canadian rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His albums include Harvest (1972), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Ragged Glory (1990), and Prairie Wind (2005)
Thomas. 1773–1829, English physicist, physician, and Egyptologist. He helped to establish the wave theory of light by his experiments on optical interference and assisted in the decipherment of the Rosetta Stone

Medical definitions for cy (1 of 2)

Young
[ yŭng ]
John 1907-1997

British biologist whose experiments with the giant nerve cells of squid contributed to the knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of nerves.

Medical definitions for cy (2 of 2)

Young
Thomas 1773-1829

British physician and physicist who in 1801 postulated the three-color theory of color vision. Young also discovered (1801) astigmatism and described accommodation.

Scientific definitions for cy

Young
[ yŭng ]
Thomas 1773-1829

British physicist and physician who is best known for his contributions to the wave theory of light and his discovery of how the lens of the human eye changes shape to focus on objects of different distances. He also studied surface tension and elasticity, and Young's modulus (a measure of the rigidity of materials) is named for him. He is also credited with the first scientific definition of the word energy.