Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extratropical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tra-t-rop-i-cal
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.

adj

Lacking or having lost tropical characteristics.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English tropical English extratropical From extra- + tropical.

Phrases

extratropical cyclone

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does extratropical mean?: Occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.
Where does extratropical come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English tropical English extratropical From extra- + tropical.

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