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transhumance

Syllables: trans·hu·mance/tɹænzˈhjuːməns/

transhumance noun: the seasonal movement of grazing livestock (especially cattle, sheep, or goats) to new pastures which may be quite distant; alpine and nonalpine versions of such movement exist.

Noun

transhumance (countable and uncountable, plural transhumances)

  1. The seasonal movement of grazing livestock (especially cattle, sheep, or goats) to new pastures which may be quite distant; alpine and nonalpine versions of such movement exist.
    • There are rites of spring in the mountains, and this week I followed the transhumance, the annual movement of cattle, from their lower valley winter quarters up to the higher pastures.2005 June 17, C. J. Moore, “Meanwhile: With a hop-hop-hop and a bottle of Swiss bubbly”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Aug 2014

transhumance meaning in Tamil

transhumance in Tamil

மந்தை இடமாற்றம்

Forms of transhumance

pluraltranshumances

Origin of transhumance

Borrowed from French transhumance, ultimately from Latin trāns (“across, beyond”) + humus (“ground”).

Questions about transhumance

What does transhumance mean?
Transhumance means the seasonal movement of grazing livestock (especially cattle, sheep, or goats) to new pastures which may be quite distant; alpine and nonalpine versions of such movement exist.
What is transhumance in Tamil?
Transhumance in Tamil is மந்தை இடமாற்றம். See Transhumance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is transhumance?
Transhumance is a noun.
How do you pronounce transhumance?
Transhumance is pronounced /tɹænzˈhjuːməns/.
What is the plural of transhumance?
The plural of transhumance is transhumances.

Words near transhumance in the dictionary

  1. transhistoricized
  2. transhistoricizes
  3. transhistoricizing
  4. transhood
  5. transhuman
  6. transhumance
  7. transhumances
  8. transhumanism
  9. transhumanisms
  10. transhumanist
  11. transhumanistic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: transhumance (page history and authors); transhumance (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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