Definitions For Transhumance

Noun

TRANSHUMANCE. (countable and uncountable, plural TRANSHUMANCEs) The seasonal movement of people, with their cattle or other grazing animals, to new pastures which may be quite distant.

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 山牧季移 (shānmùjìyí), 季節移牧 (jìjié yímù), 季節性牲畜移動 (jìjiéxìng shēngxù yídòng), 季節性遷移放牧 (jìjiéxìng qiānyí fàngmù) Danish: {{t-needed, da}} Dutch: veetrek, m Finnish: laitumenvaihto French: transhumance, f German: Wanderweidewirtschaft, f Italian: transumanza, f Japanese: {{t-needed, ja}} Korean: {{t-needed, ko}} Kurdish: : Northern Kurdish: koçerî, f Norwegian: : Bokmål: buferd, m, f, bufar, m Occitan: amontanhatge, m Portuguese: transumância, f Russian: перегон скота, отгон скота Spanish: trashumancia, f Swedish: transhumans, c Turkish: konargöçerlik

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Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, fr, transhumance}}, ultimately from {{der, en, la, trāns, , across, beyond}} + humus, , ground.