dormant
adjective /ˈdɔːmənt/
/ˈdɔːrmənt/
- not active or growing now but able to become active or to grow in the future synonym inactive
- a dormant volcano
- During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDormant is used with these nouns:- volcano
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘fixed in position’ and ‘latent’): from Old French, ‘sleeping’, present participle of dormir, from Latin dormire ‘to sleep’.