transumância
Portuguese, noun/tɾɐ̃.zuˈmɐ̃.sjɐ/
transumância is spelled T-R-A-N-S-U-M-Â-N-C-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transumância is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “transhumance (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “passagem periódica que os rebanhos fazem das planícies para os montes e vice-versa”.
What does transumância mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetranshumance (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. passagem periódica que os rebanhos fazem das planícies para os montes e vice-versa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of transumância
- transumâncias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transumância?
- Brazil /tɾɐ̃.zuˈmɐ̃.sjɐ/
- Portugal /tɾɐ̃.zuˈmɐ̃.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to transumância
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is transumância in Portuguese?
transumância appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).