intertropical

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

English tropic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

▲

Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

▲

Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English tropical

English intertropical

From inter- + tropical.

Adjective

intertropical (not comparable)

1. Between or within the tropics.
   • 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:

     the very superior inducements which most intertropical countries afford

Derived terms

• intertropical convergence zone
• intertropical front

Translations

between, or within the tropics

• Catalan: intertropical
• French: intertropical (fr)
• Portuguese: intertropical (pt)
• Russian: внутритропи́ческий (ru) (vnutritropíčeskij)
• Spanish: intertropical

French

Adjective

intertropical (feminine intertropicale, masculine plural intertropicaux, feminine plural intertropicales)

1. intertropical

Further reading

• “intertropical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intertropical.

Adjective

intertropical m or n (feminine singular intertropicală, masculine plural intertropicali, feminine/neuter plural intertropicale)

1. intertropical

Declension

Declension of intertropical

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	intertropical		intertropicală	intertropicali	intertropicale
	definite	intertropicalul		intertropicala	intertropicalii	intertropicalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	intertropical		intertropicale	intertropicali	intertropicale
	definite	intertropicalului		intertropicalei	intertropicalilor	intertropicalelor

Spanish

Adjective

intertropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural intertropicales)

1. intertropical

Further reading

• “intertropical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025