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],
"word": "věk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"word": "aioni"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "éon"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Äon"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "idán",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עִדָּן"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aeón"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eone"
},
{
"alt": "るいだい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ruidai",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"word": "累代"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "éon",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"word": "эон"
},
{
"alt": "累代",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nudae",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"word": "누대"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ieon",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"word": "이언"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "éon"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "eón",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "эо́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eon"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"word": "eón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "evo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "geochronologic unit",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "eon"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "večnost",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"word": "вечност"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"word": "celá věčnost"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"word": "ikuisuus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"word": "maailmankausi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bail"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "idán",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עִדָּן"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eone"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"word": "pōpōroa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"word": "pōpōroroa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"word": "manomano tau"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eternidade"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "týsjača let",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ты́сяча лет"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "celaja véčnostʹ",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "целая ве́чность"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eon"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "añares"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "añales"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "eon"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "evighet"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a being emanating from the Godhead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eon"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a being emanating from the Godhead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eone"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aiōn",
"sense": "a being emanating from the Godhead",
"word": "アイオーン"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a being emanating from the Godhead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a being emanating from the Godhead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a being emanating from the Godhead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "éon"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "eón",
"sense": "a being emanating from the Godhead",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "эо́н"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"eon"
],
"word": "eon"
}
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