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Meaning of "eidolon" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EIDOLON

From Greek: phantom, idol.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EIDOLON

eidolon  [aɪˈdəʊlɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EIDOLON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Eidolon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EIDOLON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Eidolon

Eidolon may refer to: ▪ Eidolon, a spirit-image of a living or dead person in ancient Greek thought In Business: ▪ Eidolon Publications, a small press publisher based in North Perth, Western Australia ▪ Eidolon, a speculative fiction magazine published by Eidolon Publications ▪ Eidolon Books, the book publishing arm of Eidolon Publications ▪ Eidolon Software, a software company that caters to NextStep and Mac OS X clients In music: ▪ Eidolon, a heavy metal band ▪ Eidolon, an album by black metal band Dark Fortress ▪ "Eidolon", a track and single by Karnivool off the album Asymmetry In video games: ▪ The Eidolon, a computer game from the 1980s by Lucasfilm Games ▪ Eidolons, a type of Summoned monsters in several Final Fantasy games ▪ Eidolon of the Outer Dark, a raid boss in The Secret World game. ▪ Death Rally, a computer game from 1996 by Remedy Entertainment has a racing track with this name Other: ▪ Eidolon, a genus of bat ▪ Eidolon I, a 2006 speculative fiction anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan and Jeremy G. Byrne...

Definition of eidolon in the English dictionary

The definition of eidolon in the dictionary is an unsubstantial image; apparition; phantom. Other definition of eidolon is an ideal or idealized figure.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EIDOLON


aquilon
ˈækwɪˌlɒn
Avalon
ˈævəˌlɒn
Ceylon
sɪˈlɒn
decathlon
dɪˈkæθlɒn
diencephalon
ˌdaɪɛnˈsɛfəˌlɒn
Dralon
ˈdreɪlɒn
duathlon
djuːˈæθlɒn
echelon
ˈɛʃəˌlɒn
epsilon
ˈɛpsɪˌlɒn
etalon
ˈɛtəˌlɒn
Miquelon
ˈmiːkəˌlɒn
moellon
ˈmwɛlɒn
mouflon
ˈmuːflɒn
nylon
ˈnaɪlɒn
Orlon
ˈɔːlɒn
papillon
ˈpæpɪˌlɒn
salon
ˈsælɒn
Teflon
ˈtɛflɒn
triathlon
traɪˈæθlɒn
upsilon
ˈʌpsɪˌlɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EIDOLON

eident
eider
eider duck
eiderdown
eidetic
eidetically
eidograph
eidola
eidolic
eidos
Eifel
Eiffel
Eiffel Tower
Eigen
eigenfrequencies
eigenfrequency
eigenfunction
eigenmode
eigentone
eigenvalue

WORDS THAT END LIKE EIDOLON

Babylon
ballon
beauty salon
Cholon
colon
gallon
hair salon
holon
Languedoc-Roussillon
melon
Roussillon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
semicolon
sigmoid colon
Solon
spastic colon
stolon
talon
transverse colon
watermelon

Synonyms and antonyms of eidolon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «eidolon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EIDOLON

Find out the translation of eidolon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of eidolon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eidolon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

召唤兽
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eidolon
570 millions of speakers

English

eidolon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Eidolon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

eidolon
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эйдолон
278 millions of speakers

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eidolon
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভক্তির পাত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

eidolon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Eidolon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

eidolon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

幻影
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

EIDOLON
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Eidolon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Eidolon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எய்டோலன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Eidolon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eidolon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eidolon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Idolem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ейдолон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eidolon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Eidolon
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

spook
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

eidolon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Eidolon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eidolon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EIDOLON»

The term «eidolon» is regularly used and occupies the 97.547 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EIDOLON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «eidolon» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «eidolon» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eidolon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EIDOLON»

Discover the use of eidolon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eidolon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eidolon
Eidolon, the first in a new series of original genre fiction anthologies, includes new stories by Tim Pratt, Hal Duncan, Holly Phillips, Margo Lanagan, Jeff VanderMeer, Elizabeth Bear, and more.
Jonathan Strahan, Jeremy G. Byrne, 2006
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Eidolon
For years, Kaspar Hauser had a series of recurring dreams in which he carefully copied the contents of a book dedicated to Gods long since slumbering in the world we know. Gods with names like Thedeccan. Kemem. Azathoth. This is that book.
Thom Ryng, Kaspar Hauser, 2009
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The Eidolon Tempest
Neither Garland nor Gary Hansen ever believed in ghosts.
Jason Lewis, 2012
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The Cloak of Shrouded Men: Escapades of the Eidolon, Cotton ...
Cotton Colinaude is a man desperate for redemption, cursed with a dual identity.
Tony Laplume, 2007
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Eidolon
One year after the tragedies of Underbelly, James Grey continues his withdrawal from society and the spirit world, choosing the no frills lifestyle of the American hobo.
G Johanson
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Eidolon, Or, the Course of a Soul: And Other Poems
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Cassels Walter Richard, 2009
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The Eidolon
Libby McGugan. are full, and no one pays any attention when we walk in. Behind the bar is a young blonde girl with a nosestud and a tattoo and a stocky guy in a tight Tshirt. The girl says something to me in French, then, realising I don't ...
Libby McGugan, 2013
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Greek Philosophers as Theologians: The Divine Arche
The eidolon is a technical term in the atomists' epistemology, and it seems to preserve this epistemological meaning in the atomist theology. Moreover, already for Homer the eidolon was a dependent entity. In the Odyssey, Pallas Athena ...
Adam Drozdek, 2007
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The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies
This new collection of his very best tales and poems is selected and introduced by supernatural literature scholar S. T. Joshi and allows readers to encounter Smith’s visionary brand of fantastical, phantasmagorical worlds, each one ...
Clark Ashton Smith, S. T. Joshi, 2014
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Word and Image in Ancient Greece
of Aeneas' eidolon: in fact, it matters little since the emphasis is placed on the eidolons external appearance. Apollo fashions (teux®) an eidolon of Aeneas just as Athena makes (noieco) an eidolon of Iphthime, Penelope's sister, in the ...
N. K. Rutter, Brian A. Sparkes, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EIDOLON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eidolon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Longmont-area events for Thursday, July 9: Summer Concert with …
•Colorado Pilots for Christ International benefit concert with Acoustic Eidolon —The charity provides free transportation to those in medical and ... «Longmont Times-Call, Jul 15»
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Classy Characters: Robomancer
In short, the robomancer is a summoner archetype that gets a mechrilon, a variant eidolon that obviously can be affected by spells that ... «NERD TREK, Jul 15»
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Ultimate Evil
... Divine spellcasting, but a need to prepare the spells in advance and an eidolon that is beholden to the deity's will, not that of the summoner. «NERD TREK, Jul 15»
4
Obsidian Apocalypse Player's Guide
I like the general notion and the mechanic that rewards the eidolon not being always active, something seen all too rarely, but overall, I wished ... «NERD TREK, Jul 15»
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Longmont-area events for the week of July 6: Rhythm on the River …
•Colorado Pilots for Christ International benefit concert with Acoustic Eidolon —The charity provides free transportation to those in medical and ... «Longmont Times-Call, Jul 15»
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Our Top Charitable Picks for July 6-12
Acoustic Eidolon, a Colorado duo featuring Hannah Alkire on cello and Joe Scott on a double-neck guitar/banjo combo, will perform a concert ... «5280 | The Denver Magazine, Jul 15»
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Compass: Places to go, things to do — July 5
Plant Walk — 10 a.m. July 12, Eidolon Nature Preserve, Morgan County, W.Va., with the Potomac Valley Audubon Society. Pre-registration is ... «Frederick News Post, Jul 15»
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'Citizen: An American Lyric', by Claudia Rankine
Her most recent collection of poetry is 'Eidolon' (Shearsman). Photograph: Michael David Murphy. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2015. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
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Astral Realm game released: New X-legends game plot and features
This is similar to Aura Kingdom's special eidolon skills, where an animation-frame appears whenever the skills are activated. Astral Realm will ... «ChristianToday, Jul 15»
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Bad Martha a great option on the Vineyard
... creamy chicken truffle mousse, olives, apricots and hot mustard; the cheese platter ($15.99) is highlighted by island-made Grey Barn eidolon ... «Boston Herald, Jun 15»

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