topical

English

Etymology

topic +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒp.ɪ.kəl/
• Rhymes: -ɒpɪkəl

Adjective

topical (comparative more topical, superlative most topical)

1. Of current interest; contemporary.

   Fair trade has become quite a topical subject.

2. Local to a particular place
3. (medicine, not comparable) Applied to a localized part of the body.
4. (medicine, not comparable) Applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).
5. Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.

Antonyms

• (medicine: applied locally): systemic

Translations

of current interest; contemporary

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有关时事的, 热门的

• Esperanto: aktuala
• Finnish: ajankohtainen (fi)
• French: d’actualité (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: aktuell (de), gegenwartsbezogen
• Indonesian: aktual (id)
• Italian: topico (it)
• Manx: traaoil
• Polish: aktualny (pl)
• Serbo-Croatian: ȁktuālan (sh)

local to a particular place

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地方的

• Finnish: paikallinen (fi)
• French: local (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: מקומי (he)
• Italian: topico (it)
• Portuguese: tópico (pt)

medicine: applied to a localized part of the body

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 局部的

• Finnish: paikallinen (fi)
• French: topique (fr)
• Italian: topico (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Occitan: topic
• Portuguese: tópico (pt)
• Russian: насущный (ru) (nasuščnyj)
• Spanish: tópico (es)

medicine: applied to the surface

• Finnish: ulkoinen (fi), pinnallinen (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: topico (it)

arranged according to topic or theme

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 题目的, 论题的

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: aiheenmukainen; aine- (fi)
• Italian: topico (it)
• Ukrainian: тематичний (tematyčnyj)

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} topisch (de)
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} bun-chooishagh
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} co-aimsireil

Noun

topical (plural topicals)

1. (pharmacology) A topical anaesthetic.

Anagrams

• Capitol, capitol, coalpit, lipcoat, optical, pit coal