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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�i�.�n/

Alternative spellings
aeon (chiefly British), æon (dated; chiefly British)

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. (also temporal æon) Eternity.
2. A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
3. geology: The longest time period used in geology.
4. (informal, hyperbolically) A long period of time.

#:It's been eons since we last saw each other.

Derived terms
Archean eon
eonian

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trans-top|eternity
Croatian: t+|hr|eon|m, t-|hr|vje�nost|f
Finnish: ikuisuus, iäsyys, iänkaikkisuus
Polish: t+|pl|wieczno��|f
trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|ве�но���|f|sc=Cyrl
Spanish: t-|es|eón|m
trans-bottom

trans-top|period of 1,000,000,000 years
Croatian: t+|hr|eon|m
Spanish: t-|es|eón|m
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|geological time period
Croatian: t+|hr|eon|m
German: t+|de|�on|m
Polish: t-|pl|eon|m
trans-mid
Russian: �он /eón/ m
Spanish: t-|es|eón, t-|es|evo|m
trans-bottom

trans-top|informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
Croatian: t+|hr|eon|m
Finnish: ikuisuus, maailmankausi
trans-mid
Russian: �����а ле� f, �ела� ве�но��� n
Spanish: t-|es|añares|p
trans-bottom

Derived terms
temporal æon

Category:Time
Category:Units of measure

Croatian

Noun
hr-noun|g=m|eoni

1. geology|lang=hr eon

Declension
hr-decl-noun
|eon|eoni
|eona|eona
|eonu|eonima
|eon|eone
|eone|eoni
|eonu|eonima
|eonom|eonima

hr:eon
io:eon
nl:eon
ru:eon
fi:eon
ta:eon
vi:eon
zh:eon

• 2007-12-27 20:50 - Tbot - added t for pl, ru, de

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