eon

== English == === Alternative forms === aeon (Commonwealth) æon (dated) === Etymology === From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”). === Pronunciation === (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈi.ɑn/, /ˈeɪ.ɑn/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈiː.ən/, /ˈiː.ɒn/, /ˈeɪ.ɒn/ Homophone: Ian (General Australian) Rhymes: -iːɒn, (UK) -iːən === Noun === eon (plural eons) Eternity, the duration of the universe. An immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time. (US, informal, hyperbolic) A long period of time. (astronomy, geology) A period of one billion (short scale, i.e. 1,000,000,000) years. (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. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === -one, NEO, NOE, Neo, Noe, eno-, neo, neo-, one == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === eon m or n (plural eonen, diminutive eoontje n or eonnetje n) eon; eternity (geology) eon, aeon (informal, hyperbolically) eon a period of 1,000,000,000 years (Gnosticism) eon ==== Related terms ==== eeuw === Anagrams === neo- == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age”). === Noun === eon 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 === “eon” in The Ordnett Dictionary == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age”). === Noun === eon n (definite singular eonet, indefinite plural eon, definite plural eona) eon; eternity (geology) eon, aeon (informal, hyperbolically) eon A period of 1,000,000,000 years. (Gnosticism) eon == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin aeōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ɔn/ Rhymes: -ɛɔn Syllabification: e‧on === Noun === eon m inan eon (immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time) Synonyms: era, wiek (geology) eon (longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras) ==== Declension ==== === Noun === eon m animal (Gnosticism) aeon (spirit being emanating from the Godhead) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === eon in Polish dictionaries at PWN eon in PWN's encyclopedia == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French éon. === Noun === eon m (plural eoni) eon ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ěoːn/ Hyphenation: e‧on === Noun === èōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling ѐо̄н) eon ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “eon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Swedish == === Noun === eon c eon; eternity (geology) eon ==== Declension ==== === References === eon in Svensk ordbok (SO) eon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) eon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) === Anagrams === Neo