tropical
French, adjective/tʁɔ.pi.kal/
tropical is spelled T-R-O-P-I-C-A-L (8 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tropical is a French adjective meaning “of the tropics; tropical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif aux tropiques”.
What does tropical mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of the tropics; tropical
forêt tropicale
- 2
scorching
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux tropiques. 2. Qui a le caractère des tropiques. 3. Relatif à la géométrie tropicale.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tropical
- tropicale feminine
- tropicaux masculine plural
- tropicales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tropical?
- /tʁɔ.pi.kal/
- \tʁɔ.pi.kal\
- [tʁɔ.pi.kal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tropical
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tropical in French?
tropical appears 2.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).