tramontana

American  

[trah-muhn-tah-nuh, -tan-uh, trah-mawn-tah-nah] / ˌtrɑ mənˈtɑ nə, -ˈtæn ə, ˌtrɑ mɔnˈtɑ nɑ /

noun

tramontanas, plural tramontane plural

1. a cold wind from the north or northeast that blows in the western Mediterranean.

2. any north wind issuing from a mountainous region.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• tramontane
  plural
• tramontanas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tramontana

1605–15; < Italian, noun use of feminine of tramontano tramontane

Example Sentences

V'è tra le terre d'ostro e quelle di tramontana la distantia di trenta leghe in circa, e più di dugento braccia di fondo.

From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George

The tramontana visited it then as now, fever, too, and sudden death.

From Imperial Purple by Saltus, Edgar

"What I cannot understand," said Astrardente, muffling his thin throat more closely against the keen bright tramontana wind, "is that such old fellows as Saracinesca should still want to play a part in the world."

From Saracinesca by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

At Perugia, last spring, through weeks of tramontana, how one yearned for the sight of yellow English primroses!

From Post-Prandial Philosophy by Allen, Grant

The weather has cleared; slight tramontana, pure sky, with white storm- or snow-clouds collected like rolled-up curtains, everywhere on the horizon.

From The Spirit of Rome by Lee, Vernon