tropical

English Online Dictionary. What means tropical‎? What does tropical mean?

English

Alternative forms

• trop. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From tropic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (all senses except "characterized by tropes"):
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɒpɪkəl
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɑ.pɪ.kəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɑpɪkəl
• ("characterized by tropes"):
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹəʊ.pɪ.kəl/, IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/
  • (General American) 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.
3. (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; figurative, metaphorical.
4. (mathematics) Pertaining to tropical geometry.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

tropical (plural tropicals)

1. A tropical plant.

Translations

References

Further reading

• “tropical”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “tropical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “tropical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• pictoral, proictal

Catalan

Etymology

From tròpic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tɾu.piˈkal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [tɾo.piˈkal]

Adjective

tropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural tropicals)

1. tropical

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From tropique +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔ.pi.kal/

Adjective

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

1. (relational) of the tropics; tropical

   forêt tropicale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (figuratively) scorching

   Synonym: caniculaire

Descendants

• → Romanian: tropical
• → Turkish: tropikal

See also

• équatorial

Further reading

• “tropical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾɔpiˈkal/ [t̪ɾɔ.piˈkɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: tro‧pi‧cal

Adjective

tropical m or f (plural tropicais)

1. tropical

Further reading

• “tropical”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trupiˈkal/

Adjective

tropical

1. tropical

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: tro‧pi‧cal

Adjective

tropical m or f (plural tropicais)

1. tropical (of or relating 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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tropical. By surface analysis, tropic +‎ -al.

Adjective

tropical m or n (feminine singular tropicală, masculine plural tropicali, feminine and neuter plural tropicale)

1. tropical

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From trópico +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

tropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural tropicales)

1. tropical

Derived terms

Further reading

• “tropical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28