eon
See also: Appendix:Variations of "eon"
English
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”).
Pronunciation
edit- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈi.ɑn/, /ˈeɪ.ɑn/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈiː.ən/, /ˈiː.ɒn/, /ˈeɪ.ɒn/
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Audio (General Australian): (file)
- Rhymes: -iːɒn, (UK) -iːən
Noun
editeon (plural eons)
- Eternity, the duration of the universe.
- An immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time.
- (US, informal, hyperbolic) A long period of time.
- It’s been eons since we last saw each other.
- (astronomy, geology) A period of one billion (short scale, i.e. 1,000,000,000) years.
- 2012 January, Robert L. Dorit, “Rereading Darwin”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 14 November 2012, page 23:
- We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.
- (geology) The longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras.
- (Gnosticism, usually spelled aeon or æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editeternity
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period of 1,000,000,000 years
geochronologic unit
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informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
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a being emanating from the Godhead
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editeon m or n (plural eonen, diminutive eoontje n)
- eon; eternity
- (geology) eon, aeon
- (informal, hyperbolically) eon
- A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
- (Gnosticism) eon
Related terms
editAnagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age”).
Noun
editeon n (definite singular eonet, indefinite plural eon or eoner, definite plural eona or eonene)
- eon; eternity
- (geology) eon, aeon
- (informal, hyperbolically) eon
- A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
- (Gnosticism) eon
References
edit- “eon” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age”).
Noun
editeon n (definite singular eonet, indefinite plural eon, definite plural eona)
Polish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editeon m inan
- era
- (geology) aeon (geological time period)
- (Gnosticism) aeon (being emanating from the Godhead)
Declension
editDeclension of eon
Further reading
edit- eon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editeon m (plural eoni)
Declension
editSerbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editèōn m (Cyrillic spelling ѐо̄н)
Declension
editSwedish
editNoun
editeon c
Declension
editDeclension of eon | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | eon | eonen | eoner | eonerna |
Genitive | eons | eonens | eoners | eonernas |
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