hibernation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aerospace
biology
business
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
space-science
Etymology: From Latin hībernātus, from hībernō, from hībernus (“wintry, of or pertaining to winter”).
Inflected forms:
form: hibernations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hybernation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The bears are in hibernation.
The bears come out of hibernation in March.
gloss: A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A standby state which conserves power by writing the contents of the memory to disk and completely power off the computer, in order that one will resume the session from the disk.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: hibernate
torpor
Derived words: hibernational
prehibernation
semihibernation
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: إِسْبَات
roman: ʔisbāt
lang: Armenian
word: ձմեռային քուն
roman: jmeṙayin kʻun
lang: Belarusian
word: спя́чка
roman: spjáčka
lang: Belarusian
word: зімо́вая спя́чка
roman: zimóvaja spjáčka
lang: Bulgarian
word: зиму́ване
roman: zimúvane
lang: Bulgarian
word: зи́мен сън
roman: zímen sǎn
lang: Bulgarian
word: хиберна́ция
roman: hibernácija
lang: Catalan
word: hibernació
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 冬眠
roman: dōngmián
lang: Czech
word: zimní spánek
lang: Czech
word: hibernace
lang: Danish
word: hi
lang: Danish
word: dvale
lang: Dutch
word: winterslaap
lang: Dutch
word: hibernatie
lang: Esperanto
word: sezona letargo
lang: Finnish
word: talvihorros
lang: Finnish
word: horros
lang: Finnish
word: talviuni
lang: French
word: hibernation
lang: West-Frisian
word: wintersliep
lang: Georgian
word: ჰიბერნაცია
roman: hibernacia
lang: Georgian
word: გამოზამთრება
roman: gamozamtreba
lang: Georgian
word: ზამთრის ძილში გატარება
roman: zamtris ʒilši gaṭareba
lang: Georgian
word: ზამთრის ძილქუშში ყოფნა
roman: zamtris ʒilkušši q̇opna
lang: Georgian
word: ზამთრის ძილი
roman: zamtris ʒili
lang: Georgian
word: ზამთრის ძილქუში
roman: zamtris ʒilkuši
lang: Georgian
word: ძილქუში
roman: ʒilkuši
lang: German
word: Winterschlaf
lang: German
word: Hibernation
lang: Greek
word: χειμερία νάρκη
roman: cheimería nárki
lang: Hebrew
word: תַּרְדֵּמָה
roman: tardemá
lang: Hungarian
word: téli álom
lang: Ingrian
word: talviuni
lang: Italian
word: ibernazione
lang: Japanese
word: 冬眠
roman: tōmin
lang: Korean
word: 겨울잠
roman: gyeouljam
lang: Korean
word: 동면
roman: dongmyeon
lang: Macedonian
word: хибернација
roman: hibernacija
lang: Malay
word: hibernasi
lang: Māori
word: moe makariri
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: dvale
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: dvale
lang: Persian
word: خواب زمستانی
roman: xâb-e zemestâni
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Wintaschlop
lang: Polish
word: sen zimowy
lang: Polish
word: hibernacja
lang: Portuguese
word: hibernação
lang: Romanian
word: hibernare
lang: Russian
word: зи́мняя спя́чка
roman: zímnjaja spjáčka
lang: Russian
word: гиберна́ция
roman: gibernácija
lang: Russian
word: спя́чка
roman: spjáčka
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cadal-geamhraidh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: зимски сан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: хиберна́ција
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: zimski san
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: hibernácija
lang: Slovak
word: zimný spánok
lang: Slovak
word: hibernácia
lang: Slovene
word: hibernacija
lang: Slovene
word: zimsko spanje
lang: Spanish
word: hibernación
lang: Spanish
word: aletargamiento
lang: Spanish
word: sueño invernal
lang: Swedish
word: vintersömn
lang: Swedish
word: vinterdvala
lang: Swedish
word: dvala
lang: Swedish
word: hibernation
lang: Turkish
word: kış uykusu
lang: Ukrainian
word: спля́чка
roman: spljáčka
lang: Ukrainian
word: гіберна́ція
roman: hibernácija
lang: Ukrainian
word: зимо́ва спля́чка
roman: zymóva spljáčka
lang: Ukrainian
word: зимова́ спля́чка
roman: zymová spljáčka
lang: Volapük
word: nifüpaslip
lang: Welsh
word: gaeafgysgu
lang: Esperanto
word: letargo
lang: Finnish
word: horros
lang: Polish
word: hibernacja
lang: Swedish
word: hibernation