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)
• Galician: subtropical
• Georgian: სუბტროპიკული (subṭroṗiḳuli)
• 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)
• Russian: субтропи́ческий (ru) (subtropíčeskij)

Noun

subtropical (plural subtropicals)

1. A subtropical plant.

Related terms

• subtropics

See also

• tropical

Catalan

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /sup.tɾo.piˈkal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /sup.tɾu.piˈkal/

Adjective

subtropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural subtropicals)

1. subtropical

Further reading

• “subtropical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “subtropical”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “subtropical” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

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.

Galician

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

Adjective

subtropical m or f (plural subtropicais)

1. subtropical

Further reading

• “subtropical” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sub.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [sub.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.btɾu.piˈkal/ [su.βtɾu.piˈkaɫ]

Adjective

subtropical m or f (plural subtropicais)

1. subtropical

Further reading

• “subtropical” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French subtropical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sub.tro.piˈkal/

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

Further reading

• subtropical in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subtɾopiˈkal/ [suβ̞.t̪ɾo.piˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: sub‧tro‧pi‧cal

Adjective

subtropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural subtropicales)

1. subtropical

Further reading

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