tropical

• trop. (abbreviation)

tropic +‎ -al

• (all senses except "characterized by tropes"):
  • (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/[1]

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  • Rhymes: -ɒpɪkəl
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɑp.ɪ.kəl/

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  • Rhymes: -ɑpɪkəl
• ("characterized by tropes"):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹəʊ.pɪ.kəl/, IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɹɒpɪkəl/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹoʊ.pɪ.kəl/[1]
  • Rhymes: -əʊpɪkəl

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.

   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.

3. (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; metaphorical, figurative.
   • 1654, Jeremy Taylor, The Real Presence […]

     the first tropical expression

   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:

     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.

• extratropical
• subtropical
• tropical cyclone
• tropical depression
• tropical disturbance
• tropical storm
• tropical wave

tropical (plural tropicals)

1. A tropical plant.
   • 1856, The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste‎, volume 12, page 275:

     The potato, as a mountain tropical plant, is capable of growing in cooler weather than any other tropical except the Nasturtian.

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

• pictoral, proictal

From tròpic +‎ -al.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /tɾo.piˈkal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /tɾu.piˈkal/

tropical (masculine and feminine plural tropicals)

1. tropical

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

From tropique +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔ.pi.kal/

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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

• → Romanian: tropical
• → Turkish: tropikal

• équatorial

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

tropical m or f (plural tropicais)

1. tropical

• “tropical” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

• IPA^(key): /trupiˈkal/

tropical

1. tropical

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

tropical m or f (plural tropicais)

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

• “tropical” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

From French tropical.

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

1. tropical

From trópico +‎ -al.

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

tropical (plural tropicales)

1. tropical

• “tropical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014