tramontana

• Nom désignant un vent froid et sec soufflant du nord ou des montagnes vers le sud en Italie et dans la région occidentale de la Méditerranée.

A noun referring to a cold, dry wind that blows southward from the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean region.

1. Cold mountain windC1formal

   A cold, dry wind that blows from the mountains southward into Italy and the western Mediterranean region.

   Tramontane

   • The tramontana swept through the valley, dropping temperatures sharply.
   • Sailors in the Mediterranean are wary of the sudden tramontana.
   • The tramontana brought clear skies but bitter cold to the coast.

   Synonymestramontane