tropical

English

Etymology 1

From 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.

Derived terms

• tropical geometry

Translations

of or pertaining to the tropics

Arabic: مداري (ar) (madaariy) 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) 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)) 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)

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

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Dutch: tropisch (nl) Esperanto: tropika

Noun

tropical (plural tropicals)

1. A tropical plant.

Etymology 2

From trope

Adjective

tropical (comparative more tropical, superlative most tropical)

1. (literature, rhetoric) Of or relating to a trope.

Translations

rhetoric

Hungarian: tropikus (hu)

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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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