"transhumance" meaning in English

See transhumance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɹænzˈhjuːməns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-transhumance.wav Forms: transhumances [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French transhumance, ultimately from Latin trāns (“across, beyond”) + humus (“ground”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|transhumance}} French transhumance, {{der|en|la|trāns||across, beyond}} Latin trāns (“across, beyond”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} transhumance (countable and uncountable, plural transhumances)
  1. The seasonal movement of people, with their cattle or other grazing animals, to new pastures which may be quite distant. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures): 山牧季移 (shānmùjìyí) (Chinese Mandarin), 季節移牧 (Chinese Mandarin), 季节移牧 (jìjié yímù) (Chinese Mandarin), 季節性牲畜移動 (Chinese Mandarin), 季节性牲畜移动 (jìjiéxìng shēngxù yídòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 季節性遷移放牧 (Chinese Mandarin), 季节性迁移放牧 (jìjiéxìng qiānyí fàngmù) (Chinese Mandarin), veetrek [masculine] (Dutch), laitumenvaihto (Finnish), transhumance [feminine] (French), Wanderweidewirtschaft [feminine] (German), transumanza [feminine] (Italian), koçerî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), buferd [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bufar [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), amontanhatge [masculine] (Occitan), transumância [feminine] (Portuguese), перегон скота (peregon skota) (Russian), отгон скота (otgon skota) (Russian), trashumancia [feminine] (Spanish), transhumans [common-gender] (Swedish), konargöçerlik (Turkish)

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