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

Related terms

• transumante
• transumare

Further reading

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