hibernation

English

Alternative forms

• hybernation (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin hibernātus, from hibernō, from hībernus (“winter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.bəːˈneɪ.ʃən/, [ˌhaɪ.bəːˈneɪ.ʃn̩]
• IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈneɪ.ʃən/, [ˌhaɪ.bɚˈneɪ.ʃn̩]
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

hibernation (countable and uncountable, plural hibernations)

1. (biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression in animals during winter.
2. (computing) A standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
3. (space science) A state of minimum power consumption

Antonyms

• aestivation

Related terms

• hibernate

Translations

state of inactivity during winter

• Armenian: ձմեռում (hy) (jmeṙum)
• Bulgarian: зимуване n (zimuvane), зимен сън m (zimen sǎn)
• Catalan: hibernació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冬眠 (zh) (dōngmián)

• Czech: zimní spánek (cs)
• Dutch: winterslaap (nl) m
• Esperanto: vintra dormo
• Finnish: talvihorros (fi), horros (fi), talviuni (fi)
• French: hibernation (fr) f
• German: Winterschlaf (de) m
• Greek: χειμερία νάρκη (el) f (cheimería nárki)
• Hungarian: téli álom
• Japanese: 冬眠 (とうみん, tōmin)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: hibernasi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dvale m

  Nynorsk: dvale m

• Polish: sen zimowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: hibernação (pt) f
• Russian: зи́мняя спя́чка (ru) f (zímnjaja spjáčka), гиберна́ция (ru) f (gibernácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: cadal-geamhraidh m
• Serbo-Croatian: zimski san
• Spanish: hibernación (es) f, aletargamiento m, sueño invernal
• Swedish: dvala (sv) c
• Turkish: kış uykusu (tr)
• Volapük: nifüpaslip
• West Frisian: wintersliep

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Pronunciation

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Noun

hibernation f (plural hibernations)

1. hibernation (all senses)