hibernation
French, noun/i.bɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/
hibernation is spelled H-I-B-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,719th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hibernation is a French feminine noun meaning “hibernation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sommeil hivernal de certains animaux comme la marmotte et le hérisson”.
What does hibernation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehibernation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sommeil hivernal de certains animaux comme la marmotte et le hérisson. 2. Arrêt, volontaire ou non, d'activité pendant un certain laps de temps. 3. Temps de latence. 4. État d’un ordinateur dans lequel il est à l’arrêt tout en gardant stocké l’état actif en mémoire non-volatile.
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 hibernation
- hibernations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hibernation?
- /i.bɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/
- \i.bɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hibernation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hibernation in French?
hibernation appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).