being or coming from the far side of the mountains, esp from the other side of the Alps as seen from Italy
2.
foreign or barbarous
3.
(of a wind) blowing down from the mountains
noun
4.
an inhabitant of a tramontane country
5. Also called: tramontana
a cold dry wind blowing south or southwest from the mountains in Italy and the W Mediterranean
6. rare
a foreigner or barbarian
Word origin
C16: from Italian tramontano, from Latin trānsmontānus, from trans- + montānus, from mōns mountain
tramontana in American English
(ˌtrɑːmənˈtɑːnə, -ˈtænə, Italian ˌtʀɑːmɔnˈtɑːnɑː)
nounWord forms: plural-nas, Italian -ne (-ne)
1.
a cold wind from the north or northeast that blows in the western Mediterranean
2.
any north wind issuing from a mountainous region
Word origin
[1605–15; ‹ It, n. use of fem. of tramontanotramontane]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ferrule, gothic, independent, series, turnover