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 and divides as a-e-sti-va-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.