If you consider the objective of hibernation, I think it's the response of animals trying to somehow survive the winter season with its lack of food.
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Hibernation
/ˌhaɪ.bəːˈneɪ.ʃən/
Synonyms for "hibernation" (46 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (13)
dreamlanddrowsefitful sleepimmobilityinactioninactivenessinactivityinertialand of nodlight sleeplullmotionlessness
Noun(1 words)
Related words (23)
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
8 entriesMore specific
7 entriesbat hibernationbear hibernationdeep hibernationdisk hibernationground squirrel hibernationseasonal torporsuspend to disk
Collocations
6 entriesanimal hibernationhibernation cyclehibernation periodprolonged hibernationseasonal hibernationwinter hibernation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 43 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- إِسْبَات noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Armenian
1 entries- ձմեռային քուն noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Belarusian
2 entries- зімо́вая спя́чка noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- спя́чка noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Bulgarian
3 entries- зи́мен сън noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- зиму́ване noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- хиберна́ция noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Catalan
1 entries- hibernació noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 冬眠 noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Czech
2 entries- hibernace noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- zimní spánek noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Danish
2 entries- dvale noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- hi noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Dutch
2 entries- hibernatie noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- winterslaap noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Esperanto
2 entries- letargo noun ((biology, space) hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans)
- sezona letargo noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Finnish
4 entries- horros noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- horros noun ((biology, space) hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans)
- talvihorros noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- talviuni noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
French
1 entries- hibernation noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Georgian
4 entries- გამოზამთრება noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- ზამთრის ძილი noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- ზამთრის ძილქუში noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- ზამთრის ძილქუშში ყოფნა noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
German
2 entries- Hibernation noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- Winterschlaf noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Greek
1 entries- χειμερία νάρκη noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Hebrew
1 entries- תַּרְדֵּמָה noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Hungarian
1 entries- téli álom noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Ingrian
1 entries- talviuni noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Italian
1 entries- ibernazione noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Japanese
1 entries- 冬眠 noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Korean
2 entries- 겨울잠 noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- 동면 noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Macedonian
1 entries- хибернација noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Malay
1 entries- hibernasi noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Māori
1 entries- moe makariri noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- dvale noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- dvale noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Persian
1 entries- خواب زمستانی noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wintaschlop noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Polish
3 entries- hibernacja noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- hibernacja noun ((biology, space) hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans)
- sen zimowy noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Portuguese
1 entries- hibernação noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Romanian
1 entries- hibernare noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Russian
3 entries- гиберна́ция noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- зи́мняя спя́чка noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- спя́чка noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cadal-geamhraidh noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- hibernácija noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- zimski san noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- зимски сан noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- хиберна́ција noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Slovak
2 entries- hibernácia noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- zimný spánok noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Slovene
2 entries- hibernacija noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- zimsko spanje noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Spanish
3 entries- aletargamiento noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- hibernación noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- sueño invernal noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Swedish
4 entries- dvala noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- hibernation noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- hibernation noun ((biology, space) hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans)
- vinterdvala noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Turkish
1 entries- kış uykusu noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Ukrainian
4 entries- гіберна́ція noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- зимо́ва спля́чка noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- зимова́ спля́чка noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
- спля́чка noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Volapük
1 entries- nifüpaslip noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Welsh
1 entries- gaeafgysgu noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
West-Frisian
1 entries- wintersliep noun ((biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He should be put into hibernation!
Source: tatoeba (1672726)
She should be put into hibernation!
Source: tatoeba (1672728)
It should be put into hibernation!
Source: tatoeba (1672733)
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