adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One living beyond the mountains; a foreigner; a stranger. archaic
2. 2
   a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean wordnet
3. 3
   Alternative form of tramontana. alt-of, alternative

Adjective

1. 1
   Residing in or coming from the far side of a mountain range, especially from north of the Alps.
2. 2
   Foreign. archaic, broadly

Adjective

1. 1
   on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker) wordnet
2. 2
   being or coming from another country wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

;alienbarbariandisplaced persondpeasterly

Antonyms

All antonyms

;cisalpinecismontane

Etymology

From Old French tramontane, from Italian tramontana.

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