tropical
English
Alternative forms
- trop. (abbreviation)
Pronunciation
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.
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- (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.
- (mathematics) Pertaining to tropical geometry.
Translations
of or pertaining to the tropics
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from or similar to a hot humid climate
dated: metaphorical, figurative — see figurative
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Translations
tropical plant
References
- “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, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- tropical at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Etymology
From tròpic + -al.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɔ.pi.kal/
Audio (file)
Adjective
tropical (feminine singular tropicale, masculine plural tropicaux, feminine plural tropicales)
- tropical (pertaining to the tropics)
Further reading
- “tropical” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aw
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾopiˈkal/, [t̪ɾopiˈkal]
Further reading
- “tropical” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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