subtropical

See also: sub-tropical

English

Alternative forms

• sub-tropical

Etymology

sub- +‎ tropical

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪkəl

Adjective

subtropical (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.
2. (meteorology, of a cyclone) Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.

Derived terms

• subtropical cyclone
• subtropical depression
• subtropical storm

Translations

further from the equator than the tropical regions

• Crimean Tatar: subtropik
• Czech: subtropický
• Danish: subtropisk
• Dutch: subtropisch (nl)
• French: subtropical (fr)
• German: subtropisch (de)
• Irish: fo-theochriosach, fothrópaiceach
• Italian: subtropicale
• Kazakh: субтропикалық (subtropikalyq), субтропиктік (subtropiktık)
• Macedonian: суптропски (suptropski)

• Manx: fo-hropickagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: subtropisk

  Nynorsk: subtropisk

• Polish: podzwrotnikowy (pl), subtropikalny (pl)
• Portuguese: subtropical
• Romanian: subtropical (ro) m
• Russian: субтропи́ческий (ru) (subtropíčeskij)

Noun

subtropical (plural subtropicals)

1. A subtropical plant.

Related terms

• subtropics

See also

• tropical

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Catalan

Adjective

subtropical (masculine and feminine plural subtropicals)

1. subtropical

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syp.tʁɔ.pi.kal/

Adjective

subtropical (feminine subtropicale, masculine plural subtropicaux, feminine plural subtropicales)

1. subtropical

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Adjective

subtropical m or f (plural subtropicais, comparable)

1. subtropical

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Romanian

Etymology

From French subtropical

Adjective

subtropical m or n (feminine singular subtropicală, masculine plural subtropicali, feminine and neuter plural subtropicale)

1. subtropical

Declension

Declension of subtropical

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	subtropical		subtropicală	subtropicali	subtropicale
	definite	subtropicalul		subtropicala	subtropicalii	subtropicalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	subtropical		subtropicale	subtropicali	subtropicale
	definite	subtropicalului		subtropicalei	subtropicalilor	subtropicalelor

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Spanish

Adjective

subtropical (plural subtropicales)

1. subtropical

Further reading

• “subtropical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014