ADJECTIVE | all | tramontane, transmontane | on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker) |
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all | tramontane | being or coming from another country | |
NOUN | phenomenon | tramontane, tramontana | a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean |
Meaning | On or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker). | |
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Example | "tramontane winds" | |
Synonym | transmontane | |
Narrower | transalpine, ultramontane | On or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps) |
Opposite | cismontane | On this (the speaker's) side of the mountains |
Spanish | tramontano, transmontano | |
Catalan | tramuntà |
Meaning | Being or coming from another country. | |
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Example | "tramontane influences" | |
Broader | foreign, strange | relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world |
Meaning | A cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean. | |
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Synonym | tramontana | |
Broader | north wind, northerly, norther, boreas | A wind that blows from the north |
Spanish | tramontana, tramontane | |
Catalan | tramontane, tramuntana |
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