tropical
English
Alternative forms
- trop. (abbreviation)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (all senses except "characterized by tropes"):
- ("characterized by tropes"):
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- Rhymes: -əʊpɪkəl
Adjective
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, 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.
- (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; metaphorical, figurative.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?)
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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.
- (mathematics) Pertaining to tropical geometry.
Translations
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
tropical (plural tropicals)
- A tropical plant.
Translations
tropical plant
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “tropical”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
- “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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
tropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural tropicals)
Further reading
- “tropical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
tropical (feminine tropicale, masculine plural tropicaux, feminine plural tropicales)
- tropical (pertaining to the tropics)
Further reading
- “tropical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Pronunciation
Adjective
tropical m or f (plural tropicais)
Further reading
- “tropical”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Adjective
tropical
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aw
- Hyphenation: tro‧pi‧cal
Adjective
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Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
tropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural tropicales)
Further reading
- “tropical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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