hibernate

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• UK: /ˈhaɪbə(r)ˌneɪt/
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• Southern-England: [ˈhɑɪbəˌnɛɪt]
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• General-American: /ˈhaɪbəɹˌneɪt/
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• General-American: [ˈhäɪbɚˌneɪt]
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• /ˈhʌɪbərˌneɪt/ Canada, idle-idol split
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• Ontario: [ˈhəɪbɚˌne(ɪ)t]
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 B ER0 N EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin hībernātus, perfect passive participle of hībernō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from hībernus (“wintry”).

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَسْبَتَ (ʔasbata) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Armenian: ձմեռային քուն մտնել (jmeṙayin kʻun mtnel) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Belarusian: зімава́ць (zimavácʹ) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Belarusian: перазімава́ць (pjerazimavácʹ) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Bulgarian: зиму́вам (zimúvam) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Catalan: hibernar — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Chinese Mandarin: 冬眠 (dōngmián) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Czech: přezimovat — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Dutch: overwinteren — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Dutch: een winterslaap houden — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Elfdalian: yvyrwitter — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Finnish: horrostaa — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Finnish: nukkua talviunta — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• French: hiberner — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• French: hiverner — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Galician: hibernar — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Georgian: ზამთრის ძილს მიეცემა (zamtris ʒils miecema) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Georgian: ზამთარს ძილში ატარებს (zamtars ʒilši aṭarebs) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Georgian: გამოიზამთრებს (gamoizamtrebs) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• German: Winterschlaf halten — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• German: überwintern — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Ancient Greek: φωλέω (phōléō) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Indonesian: hibernasi — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Interlingua: hibernar — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Italian: ibernare — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Japanese: 冬眠する (tōmin suru) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Māori: moe-hōtoke — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Norwegian Bokmål: gå i dvale — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Polish: hibernować — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Portuguese: hibernar — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Romanian: hiberna — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Russian: зимова́ть (zimovátʹ) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Russian: перезимова́ть (perezimovátʹ) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Slovak: prezimovať — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Spanish: hibernar — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Spanish: hibernizar (DPD) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Swedish: övervintra — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Tagalog: mag-hibernate — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Tagalog: i-hibernate — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Thai: จําศีล (jam-sǐin) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Turkish: kış uykusuna yatmak — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Ukrainian: зимува́ти (zymuváty) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Ukrainian: перезимува́ти (perezymuváty) — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Vietnamese: ngủ đông — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• Welsh: gaeafgysgu — spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
• German: zurückgezogen leben — live in seclusion
• Catalan: hibernar — computer: enter a standby state
• Chinese Mandarin: 休眠 (xiūmián) — computer: enter a standby state
• Finnish: mennä horrostilaan — computer: enter a standby state
• German: in den Ruhezustand wechseln — computer: enter a standby state
• German: Ruhezustand einnehmen — computer: enter a standby state
• Māori: moe-hōtoke — computer: enter a standby state
• Persian: خواب زمستانی — computer: enter a standby state