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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tra•mon•tane (trə mon′tān, tram′ən tān′),USA pronunciation adj. Also, transmontane.- being or situated beyond the mountains.
- beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy;
transalpine. - of, pertaining to, or coming from the other side of the mountains.
- foreign;
barbarous.
n. - a person who lives beyond the mountains: formerly applied by the Italians to the peoples beyond the Alps, and by the latter to the Italians.
- a foreigner;
outlander;
barbarian. - a violent, polar wind from the northwest that blows in southern France.
- Latin trānsmontānus beyond the mountains. See trans-, mount2, -an
- Italian tramontano
- 1300–50 for an earlier sense; 1585–95 for def. 5.; Middle English tramountayne pole star
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tramontane /trəˈmɒnteɪn/ adj
Also: transmontane - being or coming from the far side of the mountains, esp from the other side of the Alps as seen from Italy
n - an inhabitant of a tramontane country
- Also called: tramontana a cold dry wind blowing south or southwest from the mountains in Italy and the W Mediterranean
Etymology: 16th Century: from Italian tramontano, from Latin trānsmontānus, from trans- + montānus, from mōns mountain |