aestivation

Other forms of aestivation

plural

aestivations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aestivation

What does aestivation mean?

aestivation means "(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aestivation?

aestivation has 6 syllables: a-e-sti-va-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for aestivation?

Close synonyms include estivation, estivation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aestivation a common word?

aestivation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.