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)
- tropical (of or pertaining to the tropics)
- tropical (from or similar to a hot humid climate)
- figurative, metaphorical
Related terms
Further reading
- “tropis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Noun
tropīs
- 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.