tropical

English

Alternative forms

• trop. (abbreviation)

Etymology

tropic +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɒpɪkəl

Adjective

tropical (comparative more tropical, superlative most tropical)

1. Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
2. From or similar to a hot humid climate, e.g. tropical fruit, tropical weather.
3. (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; metaphorical, figurative.

Derived terms

• tropical geometry

Translations

of or pertaining to the tropics

• Arabic: مداري (ar) (madaariy)
• Armenian: արևադարձային (hy) (arevadarcʿayin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱帶 (cmn), 热带 (cmn) (rèdài), 回歸線 (cmn), 回归线 (cmn) (huíguīxiàn)

• Czech: tropický (cs)
• Finnish: trooppinen (fi)
• French: tropical (fr)
• Galician: tropical (gl)
• German: tropisch (de)

• Greek: τροπικός (el) (tropikós) m
• Hungarian: trópusi (hu), tropikus (hu)
• Italian: tropicale (it)
• Japanese: 熱帯 (ja) (ねったい, nettai), 回帰線 (ja) (かきせん, kaikisen)
• Korean: 열대 (ko) (yeoldae) (熱帶 (ko))
• Macedonian: тропски (mk) (trópski)
• Polish: tropikalny m
• Romanian: tropical (ro) m and n, tropicală (ro) f
• Russian: тропический (ru) (tropíčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: tropaigeach (gd)
• Spanish: tropical (es)

from or similar to a hod humid climate

• Arabic: مداري (ar) (madaariy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱帶 (cmn), 热带 (cmn) (rèdài)

• Czech: tropický (cs)
• Finnish: trooppinen (fi)
• French: tropical (fr)
• German: tropisch (de)
• Greek: τροπικός (el) (tropikós) m

• Hungarian: trópusi (hu), tropikus (hu)
• Italian: tropicale (it)
• Japanese: 熱帯 (ja) (ねったい, nettai)
• Korean: 열대 (ko) (yeoldae) (熱帶 (ko))
• Macedonian: тропски (mk) (trópski)
• Polish: tropikalny m
• Russian: тропический (ru) (tropíčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: tropaigeach (gd)
• Spanish: tropical (es)

dated: metaphorical, figurative — see figurative

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• Dutch: tropisch (nl)
• Esperanto: tropika

• Greek: τροπικός (el) (tropikós) m
• Hungarian: tropikus (hu)

Noun

tropical (plural tropicals)

1. A tropical plant.

Translations

tropical plant

External links

• tropical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• tropical in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• tropical at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

tropical m (feminine tropicale, masculine plural tropicaux, feminine plural tropicales)

1. tropical (pertaining to the tropics)

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Galician

Adjective

tropical m and f (plural tropicais)

1. tropical

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Spanish

Etymology

From trópico +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɾo.pi.ˈkal/

Adjective

tropical m and f (plural tropicales)

1. tropical