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transhumance

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /tɹænzˈhjuːməns/
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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 山牧季移 (shānmùjìyí) — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Chinese Mandarin: 季節移牧 /季节移牧 (jìjié yímù) — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Chinese Mandarin: 季節性牲畜移動 /季节性牲畜移动 (jìjiéxìng shēngxù yídòng) — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Chinese Mandarin: 季節性遷移放牧 /季节性迁移放牧 (jìjiéxìng qiānyí fàngmù) — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Dutch: veetrek — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Finnish: laitumenvaihto — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • French: transhumance — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • German: Wanderweidewirtschaft — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Irish: buailteachas — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Italian: transumanza — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Northern Kurdish: koçerî — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Norwegian Bokmål: buferd — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bufar — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Occitan: amontanhatge — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Polish: transhumancja — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Polish: przegon — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Portuguese: transumância — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Russian: перегон скота (peregon skota) — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Russian: отгон скота (otgon skota) — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Spanish: trashumancia — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Swedish: transhumans — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
  • Turkish: konargöçerlik — the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures
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