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transhumance

/tɹænzˈhjuːməns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables
trans-hu-mance
IPA
/tɹænzˈhjuːməns/
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

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Inflected Forms

transhumances (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

agropastoralism herding nomadism pastoralism transmontane

Questions

How do you pronounce transhumance?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɹænzˈhjuːməns/.
What does transhumance mean?
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.
Where does transhumance come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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