Meanings
noundormancy (usually uncountable, plural dormancies)
plural dormancies
- uncountableusuallyThe state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
[N]ow the big Thanksgiving dinner which they had eaten was beginning to work upon them a spell of dormancy.
1902, Ralph Henry Barbour, chapter 2, in Behind the LineSynonyms: inactivity, quiescence, sleep
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
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nouna state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
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Translations
Chinese Cantonese 休止
- 休止 (jau¹ zi²)state of being dormant
Chinese Mandarin 休止
- 休止 (xiūzhǐ)state of being dormant
Finnish lepotila, uneliaisuus
- lepotilastate of being dormant
- uneliaisuusstate of being dormant
French dormance
- dormancestate of being dormant
German Dormanz
- Dormanzstate of being dormant
Indonesian dormansi
- dormansistate of being dormant
Italian quiescenza
- quiescenzastate of being dormant
Japanese 休止, 休眠
- 休止 (kyūshi)state of being dormant
- 休眠 (kyūmin)state of being dormant
- 睡眠 (suimin)state of being dormant
Portuguese dormência
- dormênciastate of being dormant
Russian спя́чка
- спя́чка (spjáčka)state of being dormant
Spanish dormancia
- dormanciastate of being dormant
Swedish dvala
- dvalastate of being dormant
Turkish dormansi, uyku hali
- dormansistate of being dormant
- uyku halistate of being dormant
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Cite this entry
APA
dormancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormancy
MLA
“dormancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dormancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormancy.
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