estivation
\ɛs.ti.va.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“estivation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Phénomène analogue à celui de l'hibernation, au cours duquel les animaux tombent en léthargie pendant l'été.
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Index FR-estivation · estivation · French
estivation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estivation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.ti.va.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
estivation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.ti.va.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for estivation in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is estivation, spelled E-S-T-I-V-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Phénomène analogue à celui de l'hibernation, au cours duquel les animaux tombent en léthargie pendant l'été.
- 2Synonyme de préfloraison, agencement qu'observent les diverses parties de la fleur avant leur épanouissement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how estivation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'estivation se produit durant les périodes les plus chaudes de l'été.
L'estivation s'observe chez certains serpents, chez des crocodiles et chez des poissons qui s'enfoncent dans la vase.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.