Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transhumant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: tran-shu-mant
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or undergoing transhumance; seasonally migratory.

noun

A seminomadic farmer.

Example Sentences

"A new form of subsistence, transhumant pastoralism, was now possible and indeed lucrative: booming textile industries linked urban centres to networks of mobile herders."

Inflected Forms

transhumants (plural)

Questions

What does transhumant mean?: Of, pertaining to, or undergoing transhumance; seasonally migratory.

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