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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin hībernātus, from hībernāre, from hībernus (“winter”).
Pronunciation
Verb
hibernate (third-person singular simple present hibernates, present participle hibernating, simple past and past participle hibernated)
- (intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.
- Coordinate term: estivate
Hedgehogs and bears are two of the many mammals that hibernate in winter.
- (intransitive) To live in seclusion.
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
2001, Microsoft Corp, Use Hibernate and Standby to Conserve Batteries:Your computer hibernates after it has been idle for the specified amount of time.
Related terms
Translations
spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
- Arabic: أَسْبَتَ (ʔasbata)
- Armenian: ձմեռային քուն մտնել (jmeṙayin kʻun mtnel)
- Belarusian: зімава́ць impf (zimavácʹ), перазімава́ць pf (pjerazimavácʹ)
- Bulgarian: зиму́вам (bg) impf (zimúvam)
- Catalan: hibernar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 冬眠 (zh) (dōngmián)
- Czech: přezimovat (cs) pf
- Dutch: overwinteren (nl), een winterslaap houden
- Elfdalian: yvyrwitter
- Finnish: horrostaa, nukkua talviunta
- French: hiberner (fr), hiverner (fr)
- Galician: hibernar
- Georgian: ზამთრის ძილს მიეცემა (zamtris ʒils miecema), ზამთარს ძილში ატარებს (zamtars ʒilši aṭarebs), გამოიზამთრებს (gamoizamtrebs)
- German: Winterschlaf halten, überwintern (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek: φωλέω (phōléō)
- Indonesian: hibernasi (id)
- Interlingua: hibernar
- Italian: ibernare (it)
- Japanese: 冬眠する (ja) (とうみんする, tōmin suru)
- Maori: moe-hōtoke
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: hibernować impf
- Portuguese: hibernar (pt)
- Romanian: hiberna (ro)
- Russian: зимова́ть (ru) impf (zimovátʹ), перезимова́ть (ru) pf (perezimovátʹ)
- Slovak: prezimovať pf
- Spanish: hibernar (es)
- Swedish: övervintra (sv)
- Thai: จำศีล (jam-sǐin)
- Turkish: kış uykusuna yatmak (tr)
- Ukrainian: зимува́ти impf (zymuváty), перезимува́ти pf (perezymuváty)
- Vietnamese: ngủ đông (vi)
- Welsh: gaeafgysgu (cy)
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computer: enter a standby state
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
hībernāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of hībernō
Spanish
Verb
hibernate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of hibernar combined with te