eon

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• Canada, US: /ˈi.ɑn/
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• UK: /ˈiː.ɔn/
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• UK: /ˈeɪ.ɔn/
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• UK, dated: /ˈiː.ən/
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• homophone: (dated pronunciation) Ian
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• Australian: /ˈiː.ɔn/
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• Australian: /ˈeɪ.ɔn/
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• rhymes with -iːɒn
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• rhymes with (UK, dated) -iːən
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• CMU ARPABET: IY1 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Greek ΕΟΝ (EON), short for Εθνική Οργάνωση Νεολαίας.

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”).

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: вечност (večnost) — eternity
• Czech: věčnost — eternity
• Dutch: eeuwigheid — eternity
• Dutch: eterniteit — eternity
• Dutch: sempiterniteit — eternity
• Finnish: ikuisuus — eternity
• Finnish: iäisyys — eternity
• Finnish: iänkaikkisuus — eternity
• French: éternité — eternity
• Hindi: अनंतकाल (anantkāl) — eternity
• Norwegian: eon — eternity
• Polish: wieczność — eternity
• Portuguese: eternidade — eternity
• Russian: ве́чность (véčnostʹ) — eternity
• Serbo-Croatian: eon — eternity
• Serbo-Croatian: vječnost — eternity
• Spanish: eón — eternity
• Spanish: eternidad — eternity
• Swedish: evighet — eternity
• Turkish: sonsuzluk — eternity
• Czech: eon — period of 1,000,000,000 years
• Dutch: eon — period of 1,000,000,000 years
• French: éon — period of 1,000,000,000 years
• Irish: aeón — period of 1,000,000,000 years
• Norwegian: eon — period of 1,000,000,000 years
• Portuguese: éon — period of 1,000,000,000 years
• Serbo-Croatian: eon — period of 1,000,000,000 years
• Spanish: eón — period of 1,000,000,000 years
• Catalan: eó — geochronologic unit
• Chinese Mandarin: 宙 (zhòu) — geochronologic unit
• Czech: věk — geochronologic unit
• Dutch: eon — geochronologic unit
• Esperanto: eono — geochronologic unit
• Finnish: aioni — geochronologic unit
• French: éon — geochronologic unit
• German: Äon — geochronologic unit
• Hebrew: עִדָּן (idán) — geochronologic unit
• Irish: aeón — geochronologic unit
• Italian: eone — geochronologic unit
• Japanese: 累代 (ruidai) — geochronologic unit
• Kazakh: эон (éon) — geochronologic unit
• Korean: 누대 (nudae) — geochronologic unit
• Korean: 이언 (ieon) — geochronologic unit
• Norwegian: eon — geochronologic unit
• Polish: eon — geochronologic unit
• Portuguese: éon — geochronologic unit
• Russian: эо́н (eón) — geochronologic unit
• Serbo-Croatian: eon — geochronologic unit
• Spanish: eón — geochronologic unit
• Spanish: evo — geochronologic unit
• Swedish: eon — geochronologic unit
• Bulgarian: вечност (večnost) — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Czech: celá věčnost — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Dutch: eon — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Esperanto: eono — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Finnish: ikuisuus — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Finnish: maailmankausi — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• French: bail — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Hebrew: עִדָּן (idán) — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Italian: eone — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Māori: pōpōroa — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Māori: pōpōroroa — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Māori: manomano tau — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Norwegian: eon — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Portuguese: eternidade — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Russian: ты́сяча лет (týsjača let) — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Russian: целая ве́чность (celaja véčnostʹ) — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Serbo-Croatian: eon — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Spanish: añares — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Spanish: añales — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Swedish: eon — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Swedish: evighet — informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
• Czech: eon — a being emanating from the Godhead
• Italian: eone — a being emanating from the Godhead
• Japanese: アイオーン (aiōn) — a being emanating from the Godhead
• Norwegian: eon — a being emanating from the Godhead
• Polish: eon — a being emanating from the Godhead
• Portuguese: éon — a being emanating from the Godhead
• Russian: эо́н (eón) — a being emanating from the Godhead