English Explanatory Dictionary

hibernation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.
  2. A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights.
  3. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˌhaɪ.bəːˈneɪ.ʃən/ [ˌhaɪ.bəːˈneɪ.ʃn̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hibernation.wav /ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈneɪ.ʃən/ [ˌhaɪ.bɚˈneɪ.ʃn̩]

Word forms

hibernation hibernations hybernation

Etymology

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

Synonyms

suspension to disk

Related words

hibernate torpor

Derived words

hibernational prehibernation semihibernation

Translations

Arabic: إِسْبَات Armenian: ձմեռային քուն Belarusian: спя́чка Belarusian: зімо́вая спя́чка Bulgarian: зиму́ване Bulgarian: зи́мен сън Bulgarian: хиберна́ция Catalan: hibernació Chinese Mandarin: 冬眠 Czech: zimní spánek Czech: hibernace Danish: hi Danish: dvale Dutch: winterslaap Dutch: hibernatie Esperanto: sezona letargo Esperanto: letargo Finnish: talvihorros Finnish: horros Finnish: talviuni French: hibernation West-Frisian: wintersliep Georgian: ჰიბერნაცია Georgian: გამოზამთრება Georgian: ზამთრის ძილში გატარება Georgian: ზამთრის ძილქუშში ყოფნა Georgian: ზამთრის ძილი Georgian: ზამთრის ძილქუში Georgian: ძილქუში German: Winterschlaf German: Hibernation Greek: χειμερία νάρκη Hebrew: תַּרְדֵּמָה Hungarian: téli álom Ingrian: talviuni Italian: ibernazione Japanese: 冬眠 Korean: 겨울잠 Korean: 동면 Macedonian: хибернација Malay: hibernasi Māori: moe makariri Norwegian Bokmål: dvale Norwegian Nynorsk: dvale Persian: خواب زمستانی Plautdietsch: Wintaschlop Polish: sen zimowy Polish: hibernacja Portuguese: hibernação Romanian: hibernare Russian: зи́мняя спя́чка Russian: гиберна́ция Russian: спя́чка Scottish Gaelic: cadal-geamhraidh Serbo-Croatian: зимски сан Serbo-Croatian: хиберна́ција Serbo-Croatian: zimski san Serbo-Croatian: hibernácija Slovak: zimný spánok Slovak: hibernácia Slovene: hibernacija Slovene: zimsko spanje Spanish: hibernación Spanish: aletargamiento Spanish: sueño invernal Swedish: vintersömn Swedish: vinterdvala Swedish: dvala Swedish: hibernation Turkish: kış uykusu
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