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Webster 1913 Edition
Tramontane
Tra-mon′tane
,Adj.
[OF.
tramontain
, It. tramontano
, L. transmontanus
; trans
across, beyond + mons
, montis
, mountain.] 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.
One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tramontane
TRAMON'TANE
,Noun.
TRAMON'TANE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
tramontane
tramontane
English
Adjective
tramontane (comparative more tramontane, superlative most tramontane)
- From the far side of the mountains (especially from North of the Alps)
- foreign
- a classical name for the north wind
Translations
an easterly wind
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tramontane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
tramontane (plural tramontanes)