estivate

English

Alternative forms

• aestivate
• æstivate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛstɪˌveɪt/

Verb

1. (intransitive) To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months.

Derived terms

• estival
• estivation

Translations

go into stasis in the summer months

• Catalan: estiuar (ca)
• French: estiver (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: estivare
• Maori: moe raumati
• Persian: تابستان خفتن (tābestān xoftan)
• Spanish: estivar

See also

• hibernate

Anagrams

• aviettes, evitates

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Italian

Verb

estivate

1. second-person plural present indicative of estivare
2. second-person plural imperative of estivare
3. feminine plural of estivato