transalpine

[ trans-al-pahyn, -pin, tranz- ]

adjective

1. situated beyond the Alps, especially toward the north as viewed from Italy.
2. passing or extending across or through the Alps:

   a transalpine railway.

3. of, relating to, or characteristic of peoples or lands beyond the Alps.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps.

transalpine

/ trænzˈælpaɪn /

adjective

1. situated in or relating to places beyond the Alps, esp from Italy
2. passing over the Alps

noun

1. a transalpine person

Word History and Origins

Origin of transalpine¹

1580–90; < Latin trānsalpīnus across the Alps, equivalent to trāns- trans- + Alp ( ēs ) the Alps + -īnus -ine ¹

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.

From Washington Post

The stimulus imparted by the energy of Venetian, Genoese, and Pisan seamen to manufactures and transalpine trade was felt in every Lombard city.

From Project Gutenberg

Had he not perfected the master-work of his reign—his grand transalpine scheme?

From Project Gutenberg

They could not speak a word of my tongue; and to them my transalpine Italian was not more than intelligible.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg