adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -ɒpɪkəl
CMU ARPABET:S EH2 M IY0 T R AA1 P IH0 K AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:S EH2 M IH0 T R AA1 P IH0 K AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 3:S EH2 M AY0 T R AA1 P IH0 K AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Intermediate between temperate and tropical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
even near the equator vegetation at 5000 ft is subtropical rather than tropical
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subtropical, subtropic, semitropic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English tropical English semitropical From semi- + tropical.