TRAMONTANE


Meaning of TRAMONTANE in English

I. trə-ˈmän-ˌtān, ˌtra-mən-ˈ noun

Date: 1593

: one dwelling in a tramontane region ; broadly : foreigner

II. adjective

Etymology: Italian tramontano, from Latin transmontanus, from trans- + mont-, mons mountain — more at mount

Date: 1596

1. : transalpine

2. : lying on or coming from the other side of a mountain range

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.