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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
ultramontane is an adjective and noun meaning "of or relating to ultramontanism". It carries 4 recorded senses.
of or relating to ultramontanism
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”
on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps
“ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps”
a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ultramontane come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.