tropicalisation
French, noun\tʁɔ.pi.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\
tropicalisation is spelled T-R-O-P-I-C-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tropicalisation is a French feminine noun meaning “tropicalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de tropicaliser”.
What does tropicalisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetropicalization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de tropicaliser. 2. Adaptation à un environnement tropical. 3. Modification de quelque chose pour le rendre plus résistant à la chaleur et l’humidité, et leurs possibles conséquences (corrosion, moisissures, etc.). 4. Prise d’un caractère tropical.
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 tropicalisation
- tropicalisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tropicalisation?
- \tʁɔ.pi.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tropicalisation in French?
tropicalisation appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).