tropisch

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (from Latin) or Latin tropicus, from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós). The senses relating to the tropics certainly derive from German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtroː.pis/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: tro‧pisch
  • Rhymes: -oːpis

Adjective

tropisch (comparative tropischer, superlative meest tropisch)

  1. tropical [from early 19th c.]
  2. (meteorology, officially) 30 °C or more
  3. (obsolete) pertaining to the rotations of a celestial body, especially in relation to the tropical year [17th–18th or 19th c.]
  4. (obsolete) metaphorical, figurative [17th–19th c.]

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

See also

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

tropisch (strong nominative masculine singular tropischer, comparative tropischer, superlative am tropischsten)

  1. tropical (relating to both tropics and tropes)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

  • tropisch” in Duden online
  • tropisch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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