éon
See also: Appendix:Variations of "eon"
French
Alternative forms
- æon (obsolete)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek - see eon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ɔ̃/
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Further reading
- “éon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.õ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ɔn/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛɔn
- Hyphenation: é‧on
Noun
éon m (plural (Portugal) éones or (Brazil) éons)
- eon (period of 1,000,000,000 years)
- (geology) eon (longest time period used in geology)
- (Gnosticism) eon (spirit being emanating from the Godhead)
Derived terms
- éon-luz
- eoniano
- eónico
- eónio
Related terms
Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ey- (1 c, 0 e)
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