tropical
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- trop. (abbreviation)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (all senses except "characterized by tropes"):
- ("characterized by tropes"):
Adjective[edit]
tropical (comparative more tropical, superlative most tropical)
- Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
- From or similar to a hot humid climate.
- tropical fruit
- tropical weather
- 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 103:
- Whale sharks are found in all the tropical waters of the world. As with many tropical species, an occasional stray wanders into colder waters.
- (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; metaphorical, figurative.
- 1654, Jeremy Taylor, The Real Presence […]
- the first tropical expression
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
- The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.
- 1654, Jeremy Taylor, The Real Presence […]
- (mathematics) Pertaining to tropical geometry.
Derived terms[edit]
- extratropical
- subtropical
- tropical cyclone
- tropical depression
- tropical disturbance
- tropical storm
- tropical wave
Translations[edit]
of or pertaining to the tropics
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from or similar to a hot humid climate
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dated: metaphorical, figurative — see figurative
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Noun[edit]
tropical (plural tropicals)
- A tropical plant.
- 1856, The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste[1], volume 12, page 275:
- The potato, as a mountain tropical plant, is capable of growing in cooler weather than any other tropical except the Nasturtian.
Translations[edit]
tropical plant
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “tropical”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading[edit]
- “tropical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “tropical”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- tropical at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural tropicals)
Further reading[edit]
- “tropical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tropical (feminine tropicale, masculine plural tropicaux, feminine plural tropicales)
- (relational) of the tropics; tropical
- forêt tropicale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (figuratively) scorching
- Synonym: caniculaire
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tropical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tropical m or f (plural tropicais)
Further reading[edit]
- “tropical” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Piedmontese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tropical
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tropical m or f (plural tropicais)
Further reading[edit]
- “tropical” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French tropical.
Adjective[edit]
tropical m or n (feminine singular tropicală, masculine plural tropicali, feminine and neuter plural tropicale)
Declension[edit]
Declension of tropical
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | tropical | tropicală | tropicali | tropicale | ||
definite | tropicalul | tropicala | tropicalii | tropicalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | tropical | tropicale | tropicali | tropicale | ||
definite | tropicalului | tropicalei | tropicalilor | tropicalelor |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tropical (plural tropicales)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tropical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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