Adjective: tramontane tru'món,teyn
- On or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
"tramontane winds";
- transmontane
- Being or coming from another country
"tramontane influences"
- A cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
"The tramontane brought a chill to the coastal towns";
- tramontana
Derived forms: tramontanes
See also: foreign, strange, transalpine, ultramontane
Type of: boreas [archaic], north wind, norther, northerly
Antonym: cismontane
Encyclopedia: Tramontane