Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tropics

/tɹˈɑpɪks/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: trop-ics
IPA: /tɹˈɑpɪks/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of tropic

noun

The region of the Earth centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.

noun

plural of Tropic

Example Sentences

"The day was ending; night comes on very quickly in the tropics, and as yet there was no moon visible."
"‘In the tropics one must before everything keep calm.’...He lifted a warning forefinger...‘Du calme, du calme.’"
"How can one explain to someone who hasn't lived close to the secret heart of the tropics, at the mercy of their anger and stealth and poison; who hasn't experienced the mystery of the drums, seen the quick workings of magic and the mortal dread it inspires?"

Inflected Forms

the tropics (canonical, plural)

Derived Forms

boreotropics extratropics neotropics palaeotropics paleotropics

Frequently Paired Words

orthotropics tropical

Synonyms

torrid zone tropical zone

Rhymes With

topics

Questions

How do you pronounce tropics?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹˈɑpɪks/.
What does tropics mean?: plural of tropic

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