[trans-hyoo-muh
ns or, often, yoo-, tranz-] 
| the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains. |
| trans·hu·mance (trāns-hyōō'məns, trānz-) n. Transfer of livestock from one grazing ground to another, as from lowlands to highlands, with the changing of seasons. [French, from transhumer, to move livestock seasonally, from Spanish trashumar : Latin trāns-, trans- + Latin humus, ground; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.] trans·hu'mant adj. & n. |