hibernation

English

Alternative forms

• hybernation (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin hibernātus, from hibernō, from hībernus (“winter”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.bəːˈneɪ.ʃən/, [ˌhaɪ.bəːˈneɪ.ʃn̩]

• Audio (Southern England)

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

Noun

hibernation (countable and uncountable, plural hibernations)

1. (biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.

   Coordinate term: aestivation (summer inactivity)

   The bears are in hibernation.

   The bears come out of hibernation in March.

2. (biology, sleep, space science) A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights.
3. (computing) 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.

   Synonym: suspension to disk

   Coordinate terms: sleep mode, standby, suspension to memory

Derived terms

• semihibernation

Related terms

• hibernate

Translations

(biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter

• Arabic: إِسْبَات m (ʔisbāt)
• Armenian: ձմեռային քուն (hy) (jmeṙayin kʻun)
• Belarusian: спя́чка f (spjáčka), зімо́вая спя́чка f (zimóvaja spjáčka)
• Bulgarian: зиму́ване n (zimúvane), зи́мен сън m (zímen sǎn), хиберна́ция f (hibernácija)
• Catalan: hibernació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冬眠 (zh) (dōngmián)

• Czech: zimní spánek (cs) m, hibernace (cs) f
• Danish: hi (da) n, dvale (da) c
• Dutch: winterslaap (nl) m, hibernatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: sezona letargo sg
• Finnish: talvihorros (fi), horros (fi), talviuni (fi)
• French: hibernation (fr) f
• Georgian: ჰიბერნაცია (hibernacia), გამოზამთრება (gamozamtreba), ზამთრის ძილში გატარება (zamtris ʒilši gaṭareba), ზამთრის ძილქუშში ყოფნა (zamtris ʒilkušši q̇opna), ზამთრის ძილი (zamtris ʒili), ზამთრის ძილქუში (zamtris ʒilkuši), ძილქუში (ʒilkuši)
• German: Winterschlaf (de) m, Hibernation (de) f
• Greek: χειμερία νάρκη (el) f (cheimería nárki)
• Hungarian: téli álom (hu)
• Italian: ibernazione (it) f
• Japanese: 冬眠 (ja) (とうみん, tōmin)
• Korean: 겨울잠 (ko) (gyeouljam), 동면(冬眠) (ko) (dongmyeon)
• Macedonian: хибернација f (hibernacija)
• Malay: hibernasi
• Maori: moe makariri
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dvale m

  Nynorsk: dvale m

• Persian: خواب زمستانی (fa) (xâb-e zemestâni)
• Plautdietsch: Wintaschlop
• Polish: sen zimowy (pl) m, hibernacja f
• Portuguese: hibernação (pt) f
• Romanian: hibernare (ro) f
• Russian: зи́мняя спя́чка (ru) f (zímnjaja spjáčka), гиберна́ция (ru) f (gibernácija), спя́чка (ru) f (spjáčka)
• Scottish Gaelic: cadal-geamhraidh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зимски сан m, хиберна́ција f

  Roman: zimski san m, hibernácija (sh) f

• Slovak: zimný spánok m, hibernácia f
• Slovene: hibernacija f, zimsko spanje n
• Spanish: hibernación (es) f, aletargamiento (es) m, sueño invernal
• Swedish: vintersömn (sv) c, vinterdvala (sv) c, dvala (sv) c, hibernation c
• Turkish: kış uykusu (tr)
• Ukrainian: спля́чка f (spljáčka), гіберна́ція f (hibernácija), зимо́ва спля́чка f (zymóva spljáčka), зимова́ спля́чка f (zymová spljáčka)
• Volapük: nifüpaslip
• Welsh: gaeafgysgu (cy)
• West Frisian: wintersliep

(biology, space) hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans

• Esperanto: letargo (eo)
• Finnish: horros (fi)
• Polish: hibernacja f
• Swedish: hibernation c

(computing) standby state which conserves power

• Arabic: إِسْبَات m (ʔisbāt)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: letargo (eo)
• Finnish: horrostila
• French: hibernation (fr) f
• German: Ruhezustand (de) m
• Polish: hibernacja f
• Swedish: viloläge n

See also

• torpor

French

Etymology

From hiberner +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.bɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

hibernation f (plural hibernations)

1. hibernation

Related terms

• hivernage

Further reading

• “hibernation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.