transhumer
French, verb/tʁɑ̃.zy.me/
transhumer is spelled T-R-A-N-S-H-U-M-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transhumer is a French verb meaning “to move livestock according to transhumance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Changer de lieu de pacage en parlant d’un troupeau selon la saison ou les conditions climatiques d'une région”.
What does transhumer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to move livestock according to transhumance
- 2
to move according to transhumance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Changer de lieu de pacage en parlant d’un troupeau selon la saison ou les conditions climatiques d'une région. 2. Changer d'endroit, s'évader, rêver.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of transhumer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- transhumant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- transhumé participle past
- transhume first-person indicative present
- transhumes indicative present second-person
- transhumons first-person indicative plural
- transhumez indicative plural present
- transhument indicative plural present
- transhumais first-person imperfect indicative
- transhumait imperfect indicative singular
- transhumions first-person imperfect indicative
- transhumiez imperfect indicative plural
- transhumaient imperfect indicative plural
- transhumai first-person historic indicative
- transhumas historic indicative past
- transhuma historic indicative past
- transhumâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transhumer?
- /tʁɑ̃.zy.me/
- \tʁɑ̃.zy.me\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is transhumer in French?
transhumer appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).