transumanza

Italian
Una transumanza di cavalli. – A transhumance of horses.

Etymology

Borrowed from French transhumance, derived from transhumer (“to move livestock according to transhumance”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tran.suˈman.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -antsa
  • Hyphenation: tran‧su‧màn‧za

Noun

transumanza f (plural transumanze)

  1. transhumance
  2. (figurative) shift, changeover, transition

Further reading
  • transumanza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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