Fromtropic +-al.
- (all senses except "characterized by tropes"):
- ("characterized by tropes"):
tropical (comparativemoretropical,superlativemosttropical)
- Of or pertaining to thetropics, theequatorialregion between 23degreesnorth and 23 degreessouth.
- From, orsimilar to, ahot,humidclimate.
We've had a lot oftropical nights this summer.
My favoritetropical fruits are pineapples and coconuts.
1983,Richard Ellis,The Book of Sharks, Knopf,→ISBN, page103:Whale sharks are found in all thetropical waters of the world. As with manytropical species, an occasional stray wanders into colder waters.
- (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of thenature of atrope or tropes;figurative,metaphorical.
1653 (indicated as1654),Jeremy Taylor, “The Real Presence and Spiritual of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, Proved against the Doctrine of Transubstantiation. Section I. State of the Question.”, inReginald Heber, editor,The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume IX, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published1822,→OCLC, paragraph 8,page429:But we, by the real spiritual presence ofChrist, do understand Christ to be present, as the Spirit of God is present in the hearts of the faithful, by blessing and grace; and this is all which we mean besides thetropical and figurative presence.
1692–1717,Robert South,Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume(please specify |volume=I to VI), London:The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between thetropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.
- (mathematics) Pertaining totropical geometry.
of or pertaining to the tropics
from or similar to a hot humid climate
Translations to be checked
tropical (pluraltropicals)
- Atropicalplant.
1856, “The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], volume12, page275:The potato, as a mountain tropical plant, is capable of growing in cooler weather than any othertropical except the Nasturtian.
- William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tropical”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.
- “tropical”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
- “tropical”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
Fromtròpic +-al.
tropical m orf (masculine and feminine pluraltropicals)
- tropical
Fromtropique +-al.
tropical (femininetropicale,masculine pluraltropicaux,feminine pluraltropicales)
- (relational) of thetropics;tropical
- forêttropicale ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (figuratively)scorching
- Synonym:caniculaire
- IPA(key): /tɾɔpiˈkal/[t̪ɾɔ.piˈkɑɫ]
- Rhymes:-al
- Hyphenation:tro‧pi‧cal
tropical m orf (pluraltropicais)
- tropical
tropical
- tropical
- Rhymes:-al,-aw
- Hyphenation:tro‧pi‧cal
tropical m orf (pluraltropicais)
- tropical(of or relating to the tropics)
- tropical(from or similar to a hod humid climate)
- “tropical” inDicionário Aberto based onNovo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Borrowed fromFrenchtropical. Bysurface analysis,tropic +-al.
tropical m orn (feminine singulartropicală,masculine pluraltropicali,feminine and neuter pluraltropicale)
- tropical
Fromtrópico +-al.
- IPA(key): /tɾopiˈkal/[t̪ɾo.piˈkal]
- Rhymes:-al
- Syllabification:tro‧pi‧cal
tropical m orf (masculine and feminine pluraltropicales)
- tropical
