transalpine

transalpine is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine.
2. noun. A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy.
3. noun. one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy
4. adjective. on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)

   "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"

   "Cracow was a transalpine university"

   Synonyms: ultramontane

Synonyms

ultramontane

Common word forms

transalpiner, transalpinely

Words from these letters

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