# subtropical
## English
### Alternative forms

* sub-tropical

### Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɒpɪkəl

### Adjective

subtropical (not comparable)
* Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.
* (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
### Noun

subtropical (plural subtropicals)
* A subtropical plant.

### Related terms

* subtropics

### See also

* tropical

## Catalan
### Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

subtropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural subtropicals)
* 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, 2024
* “subtropical” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## French
### Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /syp.tʁɔ.pi.kal/

### Adjective

subtropical (feminine subtropicale, masculine plural subtropicaux, feminine plural subtropicales)
* 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: /subtɾɔpiˈkal/ [s̺ub.t̪ɾɔ.piˈkɑɫ]
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: sub‧tro‧pi‧cal

### Adjective

subtropical m or f (plural subtropicais)
* subtropical

### Further reading

* “subtropical”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯], /ˌsu.bi.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [ˌsu.bi.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯], /ˌsu.bi.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [ˌsu.bi.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaw/ [ˌsub.tɾo.piˈkaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌsub.tɾu.piˈkal/ [ˌsuβ.tɾu.piˈkaɫ], /ˌsu.bɨ.tɾu.piˈkal/ [ˌsu.βɨ.tɾu.piˈkaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌsub.tɾu.piˈkal/ [ˌsuβ.tɾu.piˈkaɫ], /ˌsu.bɨ.tɾu.piˈkal/ [ˌsu.βɨ.tɾu.piˈkaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /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)
* subtropical

### Further reading

* “subtropical”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* subtropical

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From sub- +‎ tropical.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /subtɾopiˈkal/ [suβ̞.t̪ɾo.piˈkal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: sub‧tro‧pi‧cal

### Adjective

subtropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural subtropicales)
* subtropical

### Further reading

* “subtropical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014