subtropical

See also: sub-tropical

English

Alternative forms

• sub-tropical

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪkəl

Adjective

subtropical (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.
2. (meteorology, of a cyclone) Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.

Derived terms

• subtropical cyclone
• subtropical depression
• subtropical storm

Translations

further from the equator than the tropical regions

• Crimean Tatar: subtropik
• Czech: subtropický
• Danish: subtropisk
• Dutch: subtropisch (nl)
• French: subtropical (fr)
• Galician: subtropical
• Georgian: სუბტროპიკული (subṭroṗiḳuli)
• German: subtropisch (de)
• Irish: fo-theochriosach, fothrópaiceach
• Italian: subtropicale
• Kazakh: субтропикалық (subtropikalyq), субтропиктік (subtropiktık)
• Macedonian: суптропски (suptropski)
• Manx: fo-hropickagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: subtropisk

  Nynorsk: subtropisk

• Polish: podzwrotnikowy (pl), subtropikalny (pl)
• Portuguese: subtropical
• Romanian: subtropical (ro)
• Russian: субтропи́ческий (ru) (subtropíčeskij)

Noun

subtropical (plural subtropicals)

1. A subtropical plant.

Related terms

• subtropics

See also

• tropical

Catalan

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sup.tɾu.piˈkal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [sup.tɾo.piˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: sub‧tro‧pi‧cal

Adjective

subtropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural subtropicals)

1. subtropical

Further reading

• “subtropical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “subtropical”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “subtropical” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syp.tʁɔ.pi.kal/

Adjective

subtropical (feminine subtropicale, masculine plural subtropicaux, feminine plural subtropicales)

1. subtropical

Further reading

• “subtropical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subtɾɔpiˈkal/ [s̺ub.t̪ɾɔ.piˈkɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: sub‧tro‧pi‧cal

Adjective

subtropical m or f (plural subtropicais)

1. subtropical

Further reading

• “subtropical”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯], /ˌsu.bi.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [ˌsu.bi.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯], /ˌsu.bi.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [ˌsu.bi.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsub.tɾu.piˈkal/ [ˌsuβ.tɾu.piˈkaɫ], /ˌsu.bɨ.tɾu.piˈkal/ [ˌsu.βɨ.tɾu.piˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsub.tɾu.piˈkal/ [ˌsuβ.tɾu.piˈkaɫ], /ˌsu.bɨ.tɾu.piˈkal/ [ˌsu.βɨ.tɾu.piˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsub.tɾu.piˈka.li/ [ˌsuβ.tɾu.piˈka.li], /ˌsu.bɨ.tɾu.piˈka.li/ [ˌsu.βɨ.tɾu.piˈka.li]

Adjective

subtropical m or f (plural subtropicais)

1. subtropical

Further reading

• “subtropical”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Alternative forms

• субтропикал (subtropical) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French subtropical. By surface analysis, sub- +‎ tropical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sub.tro.piˈkal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: sub‧tro‧pi‧cal

Adjective

subtropical m or n (feminine singular subtropicală, masculine plural subtropicali, feminine and neuter plural subtropicale)

1. subtropical

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	subtropical		subtropicală		subtropicali	subtropicale
	definite	subtropicalul		subtropicala		subtropicalii	subtropicalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	subtropical		subtropicale		subtropicali	subtropicale
	definite	subtropicalului		subtropicalei		subtropicalilor	subtropicalelor

Further reading

• subtropical in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subtɾopiˈkal/ [suβ̞.t̪ɾo.piˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: sub‧tro‧pi‧cal

Adjective

subtropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural subtropicales)

1. subtropical

Further reading

• “subtropical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10