estiver
French, verb/ɛs.ti.ve/
estiver is spelled E-S-T-I-V-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estiver is a French verb meaning “to estivate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire séjourner des troupeaux dans les montagnes pendant les chaleurs de l’été et la sécheresse des pâturages”.
What does estiver mean in English?
verb
- 1
to estivate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire séjourner des troupeaux dans les montagnes pendant les chaleurs de l’été et la sécheresse des pâturages. 2. En parlant des animaux, passer l’été dans les pâturages de montagne. 3. Passer ses vacances quelque part.
verb: 1. Compresser des marchandises telle la laine ou le coton, pour qu’elles occupent moins de place pendant le transport.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of estiver
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- estivant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- estivé participle past
- estive first-person indicative present
- estives indicative present second-person
- estivons first-person indicative plural
- estivez indicative plural present
- estivent indicative plural present
- estivais first-person imperfect indicative
- estivait imperfect indicative singular
- estivions first-person imperfect indicative
- estiviez imperfect indicative plural
- estivaient imperfect indicative plural
- estivai first-person historic indicative
- estivas historic indicative past
- estiva historic indicative past
- estivâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estiver?
- /ɛs.ti.ve/
- \ɛs.ti.ve\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estiver
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estiver in French?
estiver appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).