tramontane

/trəˌmɑnˈteɪn/

Other forms: tramontanes

Definitions of tramontane

1. adjective

   on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
   “tramontane winds”

   synonyms: transmontane

   transalpine, ultramontane

   on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)

   antonyms:

   cismontane

   on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains

   cisalpine, ultramontane

   on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps
2. adjective

   being or coming from another country
   “tramontane influences”

   synonyms:

   foreign, strange

   relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
3. noun

   a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
   synonyms: tramontana

   type of:

   boreas, north wind, norther, northerly

   a wind that blows from the north