aestivation
A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of…A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
Sommerschlaf
ле́тняя спя́чкаlétnjaja spjáčka, эстива́цияestivácija
(countable, uncountable)The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The spending or passing of a summer.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin aestīvātiō, from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summeBorrowed from Latin aestīvātiō, from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.
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Forms
plural: aestivationsSynonyms
1 synonyms- (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens:estivation
- (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period:estivation
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable