cy
cycle; cycles.
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CY
calendar year.
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-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
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Young
[ yuhng ]
/ yʌŋ /
noun
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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, adjectiveWord 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 ]
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 ]
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.