Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tramontane
1 sense of tramontane
Sense 1
tramontane, tramontana -- (a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean)
=> north wind, northerly, norther, boreas -- (a wind that blows from the north)
Antonyms of adj tramontane
2 senses of tramontane
Sense 1
tramontane (vs. cismontane), transmontane -- (on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker); "the transmontane section of the state"; "tramontane winds")
cismontane (vs. tramontane) -- (on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains; "a contest in Virginia between a cismontane and a tramontane people")
=> cisalpine, ultramontane -- (on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps")
Sense 2
tramontane -- (being or coming from another country; "tramontane influences")
INDIRECT (VIA foreign) -> native -- (characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad")
Similarity of adj tramontane
2 senses of tramontane
Sense 1
tramontane (vs. cismontane), transmontane -- (on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker); "the transmontane section of the state"; "tramontane winds")
=> transalpine, ultramontane -- (on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps); "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"; "Cracow was a transalpine university")
Sense 2
tramontane -- (being or coming from another country; "tramontane influences")
=> foreign (vs. native), strange -- (relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city")