TRANSALPINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transalpine mean? 

• TRANSALPINE (noun)
  The noun TRANSALPINE has 1 sense:

1. one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy

  Familiarity information: TRANSALPINE used as a noun is very rare.

• TRANSALPINE (adjective)
  The adjective TRANSALPINE has 1 sense:

1. on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)

  Familiarity information: TRANSALPINE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSALPINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("transalpine" is a kind of...):

foreigner; outsider (someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group)

Derivation:

transalpine (on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps))

• TRANSALPINE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

On or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)

Synonyms:

transalpine; ultramontane

Context example:

Cracow was a transalpine university

Similar:

tramontane; transmontane (on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker))

Derivation:

transalpine (one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy)