subtropical

• sub-tropical

From sub- +‎ tropical.

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪkəl

subtropical (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.
2. (meteorology, of a cyclone) Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.

• subtropical cyclone
• subtropical depression
• subtropical storm

subtropical (plural subtropicals)

1. A subtropical plant.

• subtropics

• tropical

From sub- +‎ tropical.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sup.tɾu.piˈkal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [sup.tɾo.piˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: sub‧tro‧pi‧cal

subtropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural subtropicals)

1. subtropical

• “subtropical”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “subtropical”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “subtropical” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

From sub- +‎ tropical.

• IPA^(key): /syp.tʁɔ.pi.kal/

subtropical (feminine subtropicale, masculine plural subtropicaux, feminine plural subtropicales)

1. subtropical

• “subtropical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From sub- +‎ tropical.

• IPA^(key): /subtɾɔpiˈkal/ [s̺ub.t̪ɾɔ.piˈkɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: sub‧tro‧pi‧cal

subtropical m or f (plural subtropicais)

1. subtropical

• “subtropical”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From sub- +‎ tropical.

subtropical m or f (plural subtropicais)

1. subtropical

• “subtropical”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• субтропикал (subtropical) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Borrowed from French subtropical. By surface analysis, sub- +‎ tropical.

• IPA^(key): /sub.tro.piˈkal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: sub‧tro‧pi‧cal

subtropical m or n (feminine singular subtropicală, masculine plural subtropicali, feminine and neuter plural subtropicale)

1. subtropical

• “subtropical”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

From sub- +‎ tropical.

• IPA^(key): /subtɾopiˈkal/ [suβ̞.t̪ɾo.piˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: sub‧tro‧pi‧cal

subtropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural subtropicales)

1. subtropical

• “subtropical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024