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
• ("characterized by tropes"):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹəʊ.pɪ.kəl/
  • (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, 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.

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.

tropical (plural tropicals)

1. A tropical plant.

• 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

• pictoral

From tròpic +‎ -al.

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

tropical (masculine and feminine plural tropicals)

1. tropical

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔ.pi.kal/

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

1. tropical (pertaining to the tropics)

• “tropical” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

tropical m or f (plural tropicais)

1. tropical

• Rhymes: -aw

tropical m or f (plural tropicais, comparable)

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

From trópico +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /tɾopiˈkal/, [t̪ɾopiˈkal]

tropical (plural tropicales)

1. tropical

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