Definitions for tramontane

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tramontane tra·mon·tane

Spelling: [truh-mon-teyn, tram-uh n-teyn]

IPA: /trəˈmɒn teɪn, ˈtræm ənˌteɪn/

Tramontane is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 480 anagrams from letters in tramontane (aaemnnortt).

Definitions for tramontane

adjective

1. being or situated beyond the mountains.
2. beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; transalpine.
3. of, relating to, or coming from the other side of the mountains.
4. foreign; barbarous.

noun

1. 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.
2. a foreigner; outlander; barbarian.
3. a violent, polar wind from the northwest that blows in southern France.
4. a cold wind from the north or northeast that blows in the western Mediterranean.
5. any north wind issuing from a mountainous region.

Origin of tramontane

1300-50 for an earlier sense; 1585-95 for def 5; Middle English tramountayne pole star Italian tramontano Latin trānsmontānus beyond the mountains. See trans-,

Examples for tramontane

One sort is that which people carry into those (tramontane) countries.

He also failed in an effort to obtain from the government compensation for his companions in the tramontane exploration.

Lls came.2401 Hindstn performers shew several feats not shewn by (tramontane) ones.

The people there said they never remembered such a tramontane (north-wind) except in December or January.

Spotswood instituted the tramontane Order for this purpose; but it appears to have soon fallen through.

The inhabitants of tramontane Virginia are very imperfectly acquainted with its history.

The original tower fell two centuries ago during an extra violent blow of the tramontane.

I have forgotten whether it was the mistral or the tramontane, and I do not think it matters.