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transalpine
[ trans-al-pahyn, -pin, tranz- ]
adjective
- situated beyond the Alps, especially toward the north as viewed from Italy.
- passing or extending across or through the Alps:
a transalpine railway.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of peoples or lands beyond the Alps.
noun
- a native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps.
transalpine
/ ٰæԳˈæ貹ɪ /
adjective
- situated in or relating to places beyond the Alps, esp from Italy
- passing over the Alps
noun
- a transalpine person
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of transalpine1
Example Sentences
The French president and Italian prime minister were dubbed Europe’s “new power couple” by Politico in July, amid reports of a transalpine bromance.
The stimulus imparted by the energy of Venetian, Genoese, and Pisan seamen to manufactures and transalpine trade was felt in every Lombard city.
Had he not perfected the master-work of his reign—his grand transalpine scheme?
They could not speak a word of my tongue; and to them my transalpine Italian was not more than intelligible.
It came to me, then, that in all this view there was something transalpine, with a greater smartness and freshness and much less elegance and languor.
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