tropis

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tropisch (tropical).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtropis/ [ˈt̪ro.pɪs]
  • Rhymes: -opis
  • Syllabification: tro‧pis

Adjective

tropis (comparative lebih tropis, superlative paling tropis)

  1. tropical (of or pertaining to the tropics)
  2. tropical (from or similar to a hot humid climate)
  3. figurative, metaphorical

Further reading

Latin

Noun

tropīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of tropus

References

  • tropis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tropis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.