transhume

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See also: transhumé

English

Verb

transhume (third-person singular simple present transhumes, present participle transhuming, simple past and past participle transhumed)

  1. (intransitive) To migrate.
    • 1990, M. M. H. Sewell, D. W. Brocklesby, Handbook on Animal Diseases in the Tropics, page 46:
      Animals in good condition and not subjected to physical stress (such as having to transhume or walk far between pastures and waterpoints) usually suffer considerably less than animals on a poor nutritional level and having to expend much physical energy.

French

Pronunciation

Verb

transhume

  1. inflection of transhumer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative