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.]
Inflection
Inflection of tropisch | ||||
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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
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
tropisch (strong nominative masculine singular tropischer, comparative tropischer, superlative am tropischsten)
- tropical (relating to both tropics and tropes)
Declension
Positive forms of tropisch
Comparative forms of tropisch
Superlative forms of tropisch
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