English adjective: tramontane | |||
1. | tramontane on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker) | ||
Samples | The transmontane section of the state. Tramontane winds. | ||
Synonyms | transmontane | ||
Similar | transalpine, ultramontane | ||
Antonyms | cismontane | ||
2. | tramontane being or coming from another country | ||
Samples | Tramontane influences. | ||
Similar | foreign, strange | ||
Antonyms | native | ||
English noun: tramontane | |||
1. | tramontane (phenomenon) a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean | ||
Synonyms | tramontana | ||
Broader (hypernym) | boreas, north wind, norther, northerly | ||