intertropical
adjective
intertropical is an adjective meaning “Between or within the tropics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-T-E-R-T-R-O-P-I-C-A-L, and it appears about once in every 31 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does intertropical mean?
adjective
- 1
Between or within the tropics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is intertropical?
Intertropical appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Intertropical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense between, or within the tropics:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | intertropical |
| Portuguese | intertropical |
| Spanish | intertropical |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does intertropical come from?
From inter- + tropical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).