tropical

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

tropic +‎ -al

Pronunciation

  • (all senses except "characterized by tropes"):
    • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/[1]
    • Audio (US)(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɒpɪkəl
  • ("characterized by tropes"):
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹəʊ.pɪ.kəl/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹoʊ.pɪ.kəl/[1]
    • 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.
  3. (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?)
    • South
      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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Noun

tropical (plural tropicals)

  1. A tropical plant.

Translations

References

  1. 1 2 “tropical” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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

Catalan

Adjective

tropical (masculine and feminine plural tropicals)

  1. tropical

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɔ.pi.kal/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

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

  1. tropical (pertaining to the tropics)

Further reading

Galician

Adjective

tropical m, f (plural tropicais)

  1. tropical

Portuguese

Adjective

tropical m, f (plural tropicais, comparable)

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

Spanish

Etymology

From trópico +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾo.pi.ˈkal/

Adjective

tropical (plural tropicales)

  1. tropical
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.