different between estival vs estivate

English

Alternative forms

• aestival, æstival

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /i??st??v(?)l/, /?i?st?v(?)l/, /??st??v(?)l/, /??st??v(?)l/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French estival, from Latin aestivalis.

Adjective

estival (comparative more estival, superlative most estival)

1. Of or relating to summer.

   Synonyms: summery, summer

   Antonyms: hibernal, brumal, winter, wintry

2. Coming forth in the summer.
   • 1824, Thomas Forster, The Perennial Calendar, and Companion to the Almanack, page 328:

     […] begin now to redden in abundance on the trees, and continue throughout the month, and part of the next; more particulars of which will be found in our catalogue of aestival fruits. The birds now begin to be very active in devouring the fruits, ...

   • 1880, Rugby School. Natural History Society, Report of the Rugby School Natural History Society, page 5:

     To the first or aestival class must also be referred a small number of early spring flowerers, such as the Alyssums and Drabas.

   • 1892, Contribution[s] from the Botanical Survey of Nebraska, page 72:

     Thalictrum purpurascens. Lactuca pulchella. Verbena stricta. The estival period begins about the tenth of June, and is characterized by the rapid diminution of the vernal bloomers rather than by the addition of the important estival flowers .

   • 1911, John Merle Coulter, Henry Chandler Cowles, Ecology, page 843:

     On the other hand, many tropical flowers and a large number of estival flowers of temperate climates have more specialized structures, their nectar supply being hidden in spurs or at the base of long corolla tubes.

   • 2009, William Penn, Love in the Time of Flowers, Trafford Publishing (?ISBN), page 754:

     […] were basking near men-of-the-earth (always a morning glory) and kiss-mes and kiss-me-quicks where she was sure to contract spring fever, vulnerable as she with her romanticist heart was to get it now that estival flowers […]

Coordinate terms

• prevernal
• vernal
• autumnal
• serotinal

Related terms

• estivate

Translations

Anagrams

• Ilvates, Vitelas, alvites, silvate

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin aestivalis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

estival (masculine and feminine plural estivals)

1. estival

Antonyms

• hivernal

Related terms

• estiu

French

Etymology

[1119] From Old French estival, from Latin aestiv?lis, from aestas (“summer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s.ti.val/

Adjective

estival (feminine singular estivale, masculine plural estivaux, feminine plural estivales)

1. estival, summery

Antonyms

• hivernal

Further reading

• “estival” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• lévitas
• vitales

Indonesian

Etymology

From Latin aestiv?lis (“relating to the summer”), from aest?vus (“of the summer”), from aestas (“summer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?t?ival]
• Hyphenation: ès?ti?val

Adjective

estival

1. estival

Further reading

• “estival” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin aestiv?lis (“relating to the summer”), from aest?vus (“of the summer”), from aestas (“summer”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i?.ti.?va?/

Adjective

estival (plural estivais, comparable)

1. estival
2. summery

Related terms

• verão
• estio
• estivar

Romanian

Etymology

From French estival.

Adjective

estival m or n (feminine singular estival?, masculine plural estivali, feminine and neuter plural estivale)

1. estival

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin aestiv?lis (“relating to the summer”), from aest?vus (“of the summer”), from aestus (“heat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esti?bal/, [es.t?i???al]

Adjective

estival (plural estivales)

1. summery, estival

   Synonym: veraniego

Related terms

• estío

Further reading

• “estival” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• aestivate
• æstivate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??st??ve?t/

Verb

estivate (third-person singular simple present estivates, present participle estivating, simple past and past participle estivated)

1. (intransitive) To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months.

Derived terms

• estival
• estivation

Translations

See also

• hibernate

Anagrams

• aviettes, evitates

Italian

Verb

estivate

1. second-person plural present indicative of estivare
2. second-person plural imperative of estivare
3. feminine plural of estivato