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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.
One living beyond the mountain; a stranger.

TRAMON'TANE

,
Adj.
[L. trans, beyond, and mons, mountain.] Lying or being beyond the mountain; foreign; barbarous. The Italian painters apply this epithet to all such as live north of the Alps, as in Germany and France; 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.

Definition 2024


tramontane

tramontane

English

Adjective

tramontane (comparative more tramontane, superlative most tramontane)

  1. From the far side of the mountains (especially from North of the Alps)
  2. foreign
  3. a classical name for the north wind

Translations

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Noun

tramontane (plural tramontanes)

  1. One living beyond the mountains; a foreigner; a stranger.

Italian

Adjective

tramontane

  1. feminine plural of tramontano

Noun

tramontane f

  1. plural of tramontana