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subtropical

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables
sub-trop-i-cal
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.

adj

Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.

noun

A subtropical plant.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English tropic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English tropical English subtropical From sub- + tropical.

Inflected Forms

sub-tropical (alternative) subtropicals (plural)

Phrases

subtropical cyclone subtropical depression subtropical storm

Frequently Paired Words

subtropics tropical

Synonyms

subtropic semitropical semitropic

Rhymes With

tropical topical neotropical microscopical extratropical pantropical semitropical afrotropical macroscopical misanthropical allotropical spectroscopical

Questions

What does subtropical mean?
Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.
Where does subtropical come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English tropic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English tropical English subtropical From sub- + tropical.

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