tropical

English

Alternative forms

• trop. (abbreviation)

Etymology

tropic +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (all senses except "characterized by tropes"):
  • (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/

  • Audio (US)

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  • Rhymes: -ɒpɪkəl
• ("characterized by tropes"):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹəʊ.pɪ.kəl/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹoʊ.pɪ.kəl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊpɪkəl

Adjective

tropical (comparative more tropical, superlative most tropical)

1. Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
2. From or similar to a hot humid climate, e.g. 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.

3. (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; metaphorical, figurative.

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     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.

4. (mathematics) Pertaining to tropical geometry.

Translations

of or pertaining to the tropics

• Arabic: مَدَارِيّ‎ (madāriyy)
• Armenian: արևադարձային (arewadarjayin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱帶 (zh), 热带 (zh) (rèdài), 回歸線 (zh), 回归线 (zh) (huíguīxiàn)

• Czech: tropický (cs)
• Danish: tropisk (da)
• Finnish: trooppinen (fi)
• French: tropical (fr)
• Galician: tropical (gl)
• German: tropisch (de)
• Greek: τροπικός (el) (tropikós)
• Gujarati: ઉષ્ણકટિબંધીય (uṣṇakṭibandhīya)
• Hebrew: טְרוֹפִּי‎ m (tropi)
• Hungarian: trópusi (hu), tropikus
• Icelandic: hitabeltis-
• Irish: teochriosach, trópaiceach

• Italian: tropicale (it)
• Japanese: 熱帯 (ja) (ねったい, nettai), 回帰線 (かきせん, kaikisen)
• Korean: 열대 (ko) (yeoldae) (熱帶 (ko))
• Macedonian: тро́пски (trópski)
• Maori: pārūrū
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tropisk

  Nynorsk: tropisk

• Polish: tropikalny (pl), zwrotnikowy (pl)
• Portuguese: tropical (pt)
• Romanian: tropical (ro)
• Russian: тропи́ческий (ru) (tropíčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: tropaigeach
• Spanish: tropical (es)
• Tagalog: alindanga

from or similar to a hot humid climate

• Arabic: مَدَارِيّ‎ (madāriyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱帶 (zh), 热带 (zh) (rèdài)

• Czech: tropický (cs)
• Danish: tropisk (da)
• Finnish: trooppinen (fi)
• French: tropical (fr)
• German: tropisch (de)
• Greek: τροπικός (el) (tropikós)
• Hungarian: trópusi (hu), tropikus
• Irish: teochriosach, trópaiceach
• Italian: tropicale (it)

• Japanese: 熱帯 (ja) (ねったい, nettai)
• Korean: 열대 (ko) (yeoldae) (熱帶 (ko))
• Macedonian: тро́пски (trópski)
• Maori: pārūrū
• Polish: tropikalny (pl)
• Portuguese: tropical (pt)
• Romanian: tropical (ro)
• Russian: тропи́ческий (ru) (tropíčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: tropaigeach
• Spanish: tropical (es)

dated: metaphorical, figurative — see figurative

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} tropisch (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} tropika

• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} tropikus

Noun

tropical (plural tropicals)

1. A tropical plant.

Translations

tropical plant

Further reading

• tropical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tropical in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• tropical at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• pictoral

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Catalan

Etymology

From tròpic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

tropical (masculine and feminine plural tropicals)

1. tropical

Further reading

• “tropical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔ.pi.kal/

• Audio

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Adjective

tropical (feminine singular tropicale, masculine plural tropicaux, feminine plural tropicales)

1. tropical (pertaining to the tropics)

Further reading

• “tropical” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Adjective

tropical m or f (plural tropicais)

1. tropical

Further reading

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

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trupiˈkal/

Adjective

tropical

1. tropical

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾopiˈkaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾupiˈkaɫ/
• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: tro‧pi‧cal

Adjective

tropical m or f (plural tropicais, comparable)

1. tropical (of or pertaining to the tropics)
2. tropical (from or similar to a hod humid climate)

Further reading

• tropical in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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Spanish

Etymology

From trópico +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾopiˈkal/, [t̪ɾopiˈkal]
• Hyphenation: tro‧pi‧cal

Adjective

tropical (plural tropicales)

1. tropical

Further reading

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