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tropical
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)
- Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
- From or similar to a hot humid climate
- (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.
- 1654, Jeremy Taylor, The Real Presence […]
- (mathematics) Pertaining to tropical geometry.
Translations
Noun
tropical (plural tropicals)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- tropical
Further reading
- “tropical” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trupi?kal/
Adjective
tropical
- 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)
- tropical (of or pertaining to the tropics)
- 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)
- 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)
- tropical
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tropical” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
tropical From the web:
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- what tropical fish can live together
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- what tropical fish eat snails
- what tropical fruits are in season now
- what tropical means
- what tropical storms are out there
- what tropical fruits grow in florida
papaw
English
Etymology 1
From papaya
Noun
papaw (plural papaws)
- A tree, Carica papaya, of tropical America, belonging to the order Brassicales, and producing dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit.
See also
- pawpaw
Etymology 2
Related to papa, or pa pa (one's fathers father).
Noun
papaw (plural papaws)
- (US, dialect, Southern US) Alternative form of pawpaw, a grandfather, especially one's paternal grandfather.
- (US, dialect, Southern US, less commonly) A father.
Synonyms
- see pawpaw
See also
- mamaw
Tagalog
Noun
papaw
- a species of wild duck
papaw From the web:
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