tropisch

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ˈtroː.pis/

adj
Definitions
  • tropical
  • (meteorology) 30 degree °C or more
  • (obsolete) pertaining to the rotations of a celestial body, especially in relation to the tropical year
  • (obsolete) metaphorical, figurative

Etymology

Borrowed from German tropisch borrowed from Latin tropicus derived from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropical, or the solstice, tropic, etc, or a trope figure, a turn change, of the solstice, of a trope, a turn, of a turn).

Origin

Ancient Greek

τροπικός

Gloss

tropical, or the solstice, tropic, etc, or a trope figure, a turn change, of the solstice, of a trope, a turn, of a turn

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