estivation

Other forms of estivation

plural

estivations·

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 estivation

What does estivation mean?

estivation 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 estivation?

estivation has 5 syllables: e-sti-va-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for estivation?

Close synonyms include aestivation, aestivation. 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 estivation a common word?

estivation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.