tramontane Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
    tramontana.
  2. adjective on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
    transmontane.
    • the transmontane section of the state
    • tramontane winds
  3. adjective satellite being or coming from another country
    • tramontane influences

WordNet

Tra*mon"tane adjective
Etymology
OF. tramontain, It. tramontano, L. transmontanus; trans across, beyond + mons, montis, mountain.
Definitions
  1. Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous. ✍ The Italians sometimes use this epithet for ultramontane, and apply it to the countries north of the Alps, as France and Germany, and especially to their ecclesiastics, jurists, painters, etc.; and a north wind is called a tramontane wind. The French lawyers call certain Italian canonists tramontane, or ultramontane, doctors; considering them as favoring too much the court of Rome. See Ultramontane.
Tra*mon"tane noun
Definitions
  1. One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger.

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