tramontana

See also: Tramontana

English

Alternative forms

• tramontane

Etymology

Italian tramontana.

Noun

tramontana (plural tramontanas)

1. (weather) A dry, cold north wind in Italy and adjacent Mediterranean areas.

Translations

north wind of the Mediterranean

• Greek: τραμουντάνα (el) f (tramountána)
• Welsh: tramontana m, gwynt y gogledd m

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tra.monˈta.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: tra‧mon‧tà‧na

Etymology 1

Substantivised feminine form of the adjective tramontano (“beyond the mountains”).

Noun

tramontana f (plural tramontane)

1. (weather) tramontana (a northern wind)
2. (by extension) North

Related terms

• tramontanata

Etymology 2

Adjective

tramontana f sg

1. feminine singular of tramontano

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian tramontana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tramǒntaːna/
• Hyphenation: tra‧mon‧ta‧na

Noun

tramòntāna f (Cyrillic spelling трамо̀нта̄на)

1. tramontana

Declension

Declension of tramontana

	singular	plural
nominative	tramontana	tramontane
genitive	tramontane	tramontana
dative	tramontani	tramontanama
accusative	tramontanu	tramontane
vocative	tramontano	tramontane
locative	tramontani	tramontanama
instrumental	tramontanom	tramontanama

References

• “tramontana” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Noun

tramontana f (plural tramontanas)

1. tramontana (north wind)

Further reading

• “tramontano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014