HyperDic: tramontane

English > 3 senses of the word tramontane:
ADJECTIVEalltramontane, transmontaneon or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
alltramontanebeing or coming from another country
NOUNphenomenontramontane, tramontanaa cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
English > tramontane: 3 senses > adjective 1
MeaningOn or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker).
Example "tramontane winds"
Synonymtransmontane
Narrowertransalpine, ultramontaneOn or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)
OppositecismontaneOn this (the speaker's) side of the mountains
Spanishtramontano, transmontano
Catalantramuntà
English > tramontane: 3 senses > adjective 2
MeaningBeing or coming from another country.
Example"tramontane influences"
Broaderforeign, strangerelating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
English > tramontane: 3 senses > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningA cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean.
Synonymtramontana
Broadernorth wind, northerly, norther, boreasA wind that blows from the north
Spanishtramontana, tramontane
Catalantramontane, tramuntana

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