transhume

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.

Related terms

• transhumant

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: transhument, transhumes

Verb

transhume

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