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Definitions and meaning of eon

eon

English

Alternative forms

• aeon (chiefly British or Gnostic)
• æon (dated, chiefly British or Gnostic)

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)

1. Eternity, the duration of the universe.
2. An immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time.
3. (US, informal, hyperbolic) A long period of time.
4. (astronomy, geology) A period of one billion (short scale, i.e. 1,000,000,000) years.
6. (geology) The longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras.
7. (Gnosticism, usually spelled aeon or æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

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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)

1. eon; eternity
2. (geology) eon, aeon
3. (informal, hyperbolically) eon
4. a period of 1,000,000,000 years
5. (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)

1. eon; eternity
2. (geology) eon, aeon
3. (informal, hyperbolically) eon
4. A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
5. (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)

1. eon; eternity
2. (geology) eon, aeon
3. (informal, hyperbolically) eon
4. A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
5. (Gnosticism) eon

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin aeōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɛɔn
• Syllabification: e‧on

Noun

eon m inan

1. eon (immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time)

   Synonyms: era, wiek

2. (geology) eon (longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras)

Declension

Noun

eon m animal

1. (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)

1. eon

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ěoːn/
• Hyphenation: e‧on

Noun

èōn m (Cyrillic spelling ѐо̄н)

1. eon

Declension

Further reading

• “eon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Noun

eon c

1. eon; eternity
2. (geology) eon

Declension

References

• eon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• eon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• eon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Neo