aestivation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən/
Etymology
Borrowed 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.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
- (countable, uncountable) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The spending or passing of a summer.
On the Vnder Story, tovvards the Garden, Let it be turned to a Grotta, or Place of Shade, or Eſtiuation.
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Building. XLV.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 263:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| aestivations | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| estivation | alternative | lexicographic | |
| æstivation | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
aestivate · torpor (inactivity)
Translations (16)
de Sommerschlaf (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) · fr estivation (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) · la aestīvātiō ((obsolete) spending or passing the summer) · ru ле́тняя спя́чка (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) · cmn 夏眠 (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) · fi estivaatio (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) · pt estivação (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) · ru эстива́ция (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) · el θερινή νάρκη (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) · pl estywacja (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) · es estivación (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) · ja 夏眠 (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) · fi silmulimitys (vernation of the parts of flower inside a bud; prefloration) · ka ზაფხულის ძილი (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) · vo hitüpaslip (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) · fi vernaatio (vernation of the parts of flower inside a bud; prefloration)