tropisch
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German tropisch (from Latin) or Latin tropicus, from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós). The senses relating to the tropics certainly derive from German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtroː.pis/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: tro‧pisch
- Rhymes: -oːpis
Adjective
tropisch (comparative tropischer, superlative meest tropisch)
- tropical [from early 19th c.]
- (meteorology, officially) 30 °C or more
- (obsolete) pertaining to the rotations of a celestial body, especially in relation to the tropical year [17th–18th or 19th c.]
- (obsolete) metaphorical, figurative [17th–19th c.]
Declension
| Declension of tropisch | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | tropisch | |||
| inflected | tropische | |||
| comparative | tropischer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | tropisch | tropischer | het meest tropisch het meest tropische | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | tropische | tropischere | meest tropische |
| n. sing. | tropisch | tropischer | meest tropische | |
| plural | tropische | tropischere | meest tropische | |
| definite | tropische | tropischere | meest tropische | |
| partitive | tropisch | tropischers | — | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: tropis
See also
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
tropisch (strong nominative masculine singular tropischer, comparative tropischer, superlative am tropischsten)
- tropical (relating to the tropics, or to tropes)
Declension
Positive forms of tropisch
Comparative forms of tropisch
Superlative forms of tropisch