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 Definitions of tropical  [ˈtrɒp ɪ kəl for]  

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Definition of 'tropical' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) tropical
pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics.

2.  tropical
very hot and humid.

3.  tropical
used in or suitable for the tropics.

4.  tropical
of the nature of a trope; metaphorical.

Etymology:  (1520–30)

Definition of 'tropical' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) tropical, tropic
relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
"tropical islands"; "tropical fruit"

2. (adj) tropical
of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic
"tropical year"

3. (adj) tropical
characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense

4. (adj) tropical, tropic
of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
"tropical weather"


Definition of 'tropical' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) tropical
relating to the hottest places in the world
a tropical island


Definition of 'tropical' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) tropical
of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases

2. (noun) tropical
rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical


Translation of 'tropical' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of the tropics
The climate there is tropical.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: tropies Arabic flag Arabic: إسْتِوائي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тропически
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tropical Czech flag Czech: tropický German flag German: tropisch
Danish flag Danish: tropisk Greek flag Greek: τροπικός Spanish flag Spanish: tropical
Estonian flag Estonian: troopiline Farsi flag Farsi: استوایی؛ گرم و مرطوب Finnish flag Finnish: trooppinen
French flag French: tropical Hebrew flag Hebrew: טְרוּפִּי Hindi flag Hindi: उष्णकटिबन्ध
Croatian flag Croatian: tropski Hungarian flag Hungarian: forró égövi, trópusi Indonesian flag Indonesian: tropis
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hitabeltis- Italian flag Italian: tropicale Japanese flag Japanese: 熱帯の
Korean flag Korean: 열대(지장)의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atogrąžų, tropinis Latvian flag Latvian: tropisks; tropu-
Malay flag Malay: tropika Dutch flag Dutch: tropisch Norwegian flag Norwegian: tropisk, trope-
Polish flag Polish: tropikalny Persian flag Persian: استوایی؛ گرم و مرطوب Pashto flag Pashto: استوایی، ګرم او مرطوب
Portuguese flag Portuguese: tropical Romanian flag Romanian: tropical Russian flag Russian: тропический
Slovak flag Slovak: tropický Slovenian flag Slovenian: tropski Serbian flag Serbian: tropski
Swedish flag Swedish: tropisk Thai flag Thai: ที่เกี่ยวกับเขตร้อนของโลก Turkish flag Turkish: dönencel, tropikal
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 熱帶的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: тропічний Urdu flag Urdu: منطقۂ حارہ سے متعلق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhiệt đới Chinese flag Chinese: 热带的

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