Definition
Relating to or lasting for an eon; eternal or extremely ancient in duration or quality.
Etymology
From Greek 'aionios' (eternal, age-long) related to 'aion' (eon), plus English '-an' suffix. Used since the 17th century for describing things that seem to last forever.
Kelly Says
Medieval theologians used 'eonian' to describe God's eternal nature, but now a student might say 'this class feels eonian'—the word traveled from describing God to describing boring math homework!
Translations
ARالعربية
أeonian
a-e-o-ni-an
BNবাংলা
যুগান্তিক
yu-ga-an-tik
CACatalà
eonian
e-o-nee-an
CSČeština
eonický
e-o-ni-cky
DEDeutsch
eonisch
e-o-ni-sh
ELΕλληνικά
εονικός
e-o-ni-kos
ESEspañol
eoniano
e-oh-nee-ah-noh
FISuomi
eoninen
e-o-ni-nen
FRFrançais
eonien
e-oh-nee-ehn
HEעברית
אeonian
e-o-nee-an
HIहिन्दी
ईओनियन
ee-o-nee-an
HUMagyar
eonikus
e-o-ni-kus
IDBahasa Indonesia
eonian
e-o-nee-an
ITItaliano
eoniano
e-oh-nee-ah-noh
MSBahasa Melayu
eonian
e-o-nee-an
MYမြန်မာ
အိယွနီယန်
a-i-ye-u-ni-yan
NLNederlands
eonisch
e-o-ni-sh
PAPA
ਇ EOਨੀਅਨ
i-e-o-ni-an
PLPolski
eoniczny
e-o-ni-ch-ni
PTPortuguês
eonian
e-oh-nee-ahn
RORomână
eonian
e-o-nee-an
RUРусский
эонический
e-o-ni-ch-es-kiy
SVSvenska
eonisk
e-o-ni-sk
SWKiswahili
eonian
e-o-nee-an
TAதமிழ்
எயோனியன்
e-ya-o-ni-yan
TEతెలుగు
ఎయోనీయన్
e-ya-o-ni-yan
THไทย
ยุคอีออน
yook ee-ahn
UKУкраїнська
еонічний
ye-o-ni-ch-nyy
VITiếng Việt
eonian
e-o-nee-an