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dormancy

UK/ˈdɔː.mən.si//ˈdɔɹ.mən.si/

dormancy noun: the state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.

Noun

dormancy (usually uncountable, plural dormancies)

  1. (usually) The 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 Line

dormancy meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

dormancy in Tamil

உறங்கு நிலை, உறங்குநிலை, செயலடங்கிய நிலை, செறிதுயில் நிலை, முடக்குநிலை

dormancy in Indonesian

state of being dormant
dormansi

Synonyms of dormancy

Forms of dormancy

pluraldormancies

Words formed from dormancy

Questions about dormancy

What does dormancy mean?
Dormancy means the state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
What is dormancy in Tamil?
Dormancy in Tamil is உறங்கு நிலை, உறங்குநிலை, செயலடங்கிய நிலை. See Dormancy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dormancy?
Dormancy is a noun.
How do you pronounce dormancy?
Dormancy is pronounced /ˈdɔː.mən.si/ (UK).
What is the plural of dormancy?
The plural of dormancy is dormancies.

Words near dormancy in the dictionary

  1. dorlochs
  2. dorm
  3. dorm-cest
  4. Dorman
  5. dormancies
  6. dormancy
  7. Dormand-Prince method
  8. Dormans
  9. Dormansland
  10. dormant
  11. Dormant Commerce Clause

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dormancy (page history and authors); dormancy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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