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cycle; cycles.

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Other definitions for cy (2 of 6)

[ sahy ]

/ saɪ /

noun

a male given name, form of Cyrus.

Other definitions for cy (3 of 6)

calendar year.

Other definitions for cy (4 of 6)

-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

Other definitions for cy (5 of 6)

cy.

abbreviation

capacity.

currency.

cycle; cycles.

Other definitions for cy (6 of 6)

Cy.

abbreviation

county.

How to use cy in a sentence

The Cy-Fair campus is one of six that make up the Lone Star College System.
Another Campus Attack, This Time With a Knife|Christine Pelisek|April 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“It was a chaotic scene,” said Capt. Robert Rasa of the Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department.
Another Campus Attack, This Time With a Knife|Christine Pelisek|April 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Cy Twombly, who died yesterday in Rome, was in every way too big for modern art.
Death of a Modernist Master|Simon Schama|July 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A month after meeting Stella, Castelli showed Cy Twombly, another Southerner like Rauschenberg and Johns.
The Svengali of Pop Art|Annie Cohen-Solal|May 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST

They are there, they sit there, these canvases by Cy Twombly that seem to be encrusted in the bricks of the walls.
Treasures From the Pinault Collection|Bernard-Henri Lévy|June 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Celuy-cy avoit souvent esvad le danger d'estre noy, et tout fraischement le beau jour de la Pentecoste dernire.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Of course Cy goes practically every week, but I have always wanted another girl to go with.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
"Mebbe it is, and mebbe it isn't," returned Cy Parker stoutly.
Stories in Light and Shadow|Bret Harte
"Cy's got a hard heart, Ruth," he said with a sudden gravity that came strangely through his youthfulness.
Fidelity|Susan Glaspell
Then, "We don't have to bother getting any room ready for Cy," he said, with a scoffing little laugh.
Fidelity|Susan Glaspell

British Dictionary definitions for cy (1 of 2)

abbreviation for

Cyprus (international car registration)

British Dictionary definitions for cy (2 of 2)

-cy

suffix

(forming nouns from adjectives ending in -t, -tic, -te, and -nt) indicating state, quality, or conditionplutocracy; lunacy; intimacy; infancy

(forming abstract nouns from other nouns) rank or officecaptaincy

Word Origin for -cy

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

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