a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
<noun.phenomenon> [ adj ]
on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
<adj.all> the transmontane section of the state tramontane winds
being or coming from another country
<adj.all> tramontane influences
Tramontane \Tra*mon"tane\, a. [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.
Note: 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}.
Tramontane \Tra*mon"tane\, n. One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger.