tropical
/ˈtɹɑ.pɪ.kəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
adj
Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; figurative, metaphorical.
Dated
adj
noun
A tropical plant.
Example Sentences
- "We've had a lot of tropical nights this summer."
- "My favorite tropical fruits are pineapples and coconuts."
- "Whale sharks are found in all the tropical waters of the world. As with many tropical species, an occasional stray wanders into colder waters."
- "But we, by the real spiritual presence of Christ, do understand Christ to be present, as the Spirit of God is present in the hearts of the faithful, by blessing and grace; and this is all which we mean besides the tropical and figurative presence."
- "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."
- "The potato, as a mountain tropical plant, is capable of growing in cooler weather than any other tropical except the Nasturtian."
Etymology
Etymology tree 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 From tropic + -al.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɹɑ.pɪ.kəl/
- British English: /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more tropical (comparative)
most tropical (superlative)
trop. (alternative, abbreviation)
tropicals (plural)