éon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eon"

French

Alternative forms

• æon (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek - see eon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

éon m (plural éons)

1. (geology) eon (longest time period used in geology)

Further reading

• “éon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• Noé

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• eão (rare)
• aeon, eon (nonstandard)

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)

1. eon (period of 1,000,000,000 years)
2. (geology) eon (longest time period used in geology)
3. (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)

Further reading

• “éon”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “éon”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026