noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɹɒpəsfɪə/
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General-American:/ˈtɹoʊpəsfɪɚ/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The lower levels of the atmosphere extending from the surface of the Earth or another celestial body up to the tropopause. It is characterized by convective air movements and a large vertical temperature change.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: layer
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French troposphère. Equivalent to tropo- + -sphere.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ներքնոլորտ
(nerkʻnolort)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Basque:
troposfera
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Burmese:
ထရိုပိုစဖီးယား အလွှာ
(hta.ruipuica.hpi:ya: a.hlwa)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Catalan:
troposfera
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Cherokee:
ᏧᎶᎩᎸ
(tsulogilv)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Chinese Cantonese:
對流層 /对流层
(deoi3 lau4 cang4)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Chinese Mandarin:
對流層 /对流层
(duìliúcéng)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Czech:
troposféra
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Danish:
troposfære
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Dutch:
troposfeer
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Faroese:
lághválv
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Finnish:
troposfääri
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Finnish:
alailmakehä
— lower levels of the atmosphere
French:
troposphère
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Galician:
troposfera
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Georgian:
ტროპოსფერო
(ṭroṗospero)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
German:
Troposphäre
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Gujarati:
અધોમંડળ
(adhomaṇḍaḷ)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Hawaiian:
lewalanihaʻa
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Hindi:
क्षोभमंडल
(kṣobhmaṇḍal)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Icelandic:
veðrahvolf
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Indonesian:
troposfer
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Italian:
troposfera
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Japanese:
対流圏
(tairyūken)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Korean:
대류권
(daeryugwon)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Malagasy:
sosom-pikoriana
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Malay:
troposfera
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Malayalam:
ഭൂസ്പർശമണ്ഡലം
(bhūspaṟśamaṇḍalaṁ)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Māori:
kōhauhuri
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Marathi:
तपांबर
(tapāmbar)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Norwegian Bokmål:
troposfære
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Norwegian Nynorsk:
troposfære
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Polish:
troposfera
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Portuguese:
troposfera
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Romanian:
troposferă
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Russian:
тропосфе́ра
(troposféra)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Scottish Gaelic:
tropospeur
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Sinhalese:
පරිවර්තී ගෝලය
(pariwartī gōlaya)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Slovak:
troposféra
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Spanish:
troposfera
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Spanish:
tropósfera
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Swahili:
tabakatropo
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Swedish:
troposfär
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Tagalog:
himpapawid
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Tamil:
அடிவளிமண்டலம்
(aṭivaḷimaṇṭalam)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Telugu:
స్థిరావరణము
(sthirāvaraṇamu)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Telugu:
చైతన్యావరణము
(caitanyāvaraṇamu)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Tibetan:
འཐབ་རྒྱུག་རིམ།
('thab rgyug rim)
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Turkish:
troposfer
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Vietnamese:
tầng đối lưu
— lower levels of the atmosphere
Wolof:
fatt-jawwu
— lower levels of the atmosphere