different between tropical vs olmec

English

Alternative forms

• trop. (abbreviation)

Etymology

tropic +? -al

Pronunciation

• (all senses except "characterized by tropes"):
  • (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?t??p.?.k?l/
  • Rhymes: -?p?k?l
• ("characterized by tropes"):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???.p?.k?l/, IPA^(key): /?t???p?k?l/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?t?o?.p?.k?l/
  • Rhymes: -??p?k?l

Adjective

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
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

   • 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.

Translations

Noun

tropical (plural tropicals)

1. A tropical plant.

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• pictoral, proictal

Catalan

Etymology

From tròpic +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /t?o.pi?kal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /t?u.pi?kal/

Adjective

tropical (masculine and feminine plural tropicals)

1. tropical

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.pi.kal/

Adjective

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

1. tropical (pertaining to the tropics)

Further reading

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

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

tropical m or f (plural tropicais)

1. tropical

Further reading

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

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trupi?kal/

Adjective

tropical

1. tropical

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t?opi?kaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /t?upi?ka?/
• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: tro?pi?cal

Adjective

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)

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French tropical

Adjective

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

1. tropical

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From trópico +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?opi?kal/, [t??o.pi?kal]
• Hyphenation: tro?pi?cal
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

tropical (plural tropicales)

1. tropical

Derived terms

Further reading

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