subtropical
See also: sub-tropical
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒpɪkəl
Adjective
subtropical (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.
- (meteorology, of a cyclone) Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.
Derived terms
- subtropical cyclone
- subtropical depression
- subtropical storm
Translations
further from the equator than the tropical regions
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Related terms
See also
Catalan
Further reading
- “subtropical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “subtropical”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “subtropical” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syp.tʁɔ.pi.kal/
Adjective
subtropical (feminine subtropicale, masculine plural subtropicaux, feminine plural subtropicales)
Further reading
- “subtropical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Further reading
- “subtropical” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯], /ˌsu.bi.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [ˌsu.bi.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌsub.tɾu.piˈkal/ [ˌsuβ.tɾu.piˈkaɫ], /ˌsu.bɨ.tɾu.piˈkal/ [ˌsu.βɨ.tɾu.piˈkaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌsub.tɾu.piˈka.li/ [ˌsuβ.tɾu.piˈka.li], /ˌsu.bɨ.tɾu.piˈka.li/ [ˌsu.βɨ.tɾu.piˈka.li]
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French subtropical. By surface analysis, sub- + tropical.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sub.tro.piˈkal/
Adjective
subtropical m or n (feminine singular subtropicală, masculine plural subtropicali, feminine and neuter plural subtropicale)
Declension
Declension of subtropical
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | subtropical | subtropicală | subtropicali | subtropicale | ||
| definite | subtropicalul | subtropicala | subtropicalii | subtropicalele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | subtropical | subtropicale | subtropicali | subtropicale | ||
| definite | subtropicalului | subtropicalei | subtropicalilor | subtropicalelor | |||
Further reading
- subtropical in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /subtɾopiˈkal/ [suβ̞.t̪ɾo.piˈkal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: sub‧tro‧pi‧cal
Further reading
- “subtropical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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