tramontane
/'træməntein/
Definition
Adjective:
- Being or coming from another country: Describes something or someone that originates from a foreign land, often implying unfamiliarity or exotic influence.
- On or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker's perspective): Describes something located beyond or originating from across a mountain range, especially the Alps from an Italian viewpoint.
Noun:
- A cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean: A specific meteorological phenomenon, a northerly wind descending from the Alps.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- The artist's work showed distinct tramontane influences from his travels in the East.
- They built their cabin in the tramontane region, isolated from the coastal cities.
Noun:
- The tramontane blew fiercely, clearing the skies but bringing a sharp chill.
Advanced Usage
- In historical/geographical context: Traditionally used from an Italian perspective to refer to lands or peoples north of the Alps (i.e., transalpine Europe).
- For centuries, Roman scholars viewed Germanic tribes as tramontane barbarians.
Variants and Related Words
- Transmontane (adj): A variant spelling, often used interchangeably, especially in American English to describe regions beyond a mountain range.
- The transmontane pipeline was a feat of engineering.
Synonyms
- Adjective (foreign): Foreign, alien, exotic, ultramontane (when referring to coming from beyond the mountains , from a northern perspective).
- Adjective (beyond mountains): Transalpine.
- Noun (wind): Northerly wind, mistral (a similar, specific wind in the Mediterranean region).
Related Phrases
- "To go tramontane" (archaic): To pass beyond the mountains; to disappear or vanish.
- After the argument, he seemed to have gone tramontane, and no one heard from him.
Adjective
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being or coming from another country
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tramontane influences
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on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
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the transmontane section of the state
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tramontane winds
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Noun
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a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
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