different between eon vs meon

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (ai?n, “age”).

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?i?.?n/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?.?n/, /?i?.?n/
  • Homophone: Ian
• (General Australian)

Noun

eon (plural eons)

1. (US) Eternity.
2. A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
3. (geology) The longest time period used in geology.
4. (US, informal, hyperbolic) A long period of time.

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

5. (Gnosticism, usually spelled aeon or æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

Derived terms

• Archean eon
• eonian
• eonic
• Hadean eon
• Phanerozoic eon
• Proterozoic eon
• temporal æon

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• -one, NEO, NOE, Neo, Noe, eno-, neo, neo-, one

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek ???? (ai?n, “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 ???? (ai?n, “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

From Ancient Greek ???? (ai?n, “age”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?n/

Noun

eon m inan

1. era

   Synonyms: wiek, era

2. (geology) aeon (geological time period)
3. (Gnosticism) aeon (being emanating from the Godhead)

Declension

Further reading

• eon in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• eon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French éon

Noun

eon m (plural eoni)

1. eon

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?n/
• Hyphenation: e?on

Noun

è?n m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. eon

Declension

Swedish

Noun

eon c

1. eon; eternity
2. (geology) eon

Declension

Anagrams

• Neo

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (mêon), probably from ????? (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size.

Noun

meon (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) spignel, Meum athamanticum

Synonyms

• (Meum athamanticum): meu, meum; baldmoney, maldmoney; spignel, spicknel, spiknel, spikenel; bearwort, bear-wort, bear's wort

References

• Meum athamanticum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Meum athamanticum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Meum athamanticum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Emon, Mone, NEMO, Nome, meno-, mone, nemo, nome, omen

Irish

Alternative forms

• meón (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /m?u?n??/

Etymology 1

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Noun

meon m (genitive singular meoin, nominative plural meonta)

1. attitude, disposition
2. character, temperament
3. Alternative form of mian (“desire”)
4. Alternative form of méin (“mind, disposition”)

Declension

Derived terms

• meonúil (“whimsical, fanciful, capricious; particular, fastidious”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Noun

meon m (genitive singular meoin, nominative plural meoin)

1. Alternative form of meán (“middle; mean; medium; average; middle, waist; middle zone”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "meon" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old French

Adjective

meon

1. (9th century) Alternative form of mon

Usage notes

• Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg.