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Meaning of Tropics | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

The region of the Earth centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.

plural, plural-only

Equivalents

العربية المدارات
Čeština obratníky tropy
Deutsch Tropen
Español trópicos
Suomi tropiikki
Français tropiques
Gaeilge teochrios trópaicí
हिन्दी उष्णकटिबन्ध
Magyar trópus
日本語 熱帯
한국어 열대
Polski tropik tropika
Português trópicos
Русский тропики
Svenska tropikerna
Kiswahili tropiki
Tiếng Việt nhiệt đới

Examples

“The day was ending; night comes on very quickly in the tropics, and as yet there was no moon visible.”
“‘In the tropics one must before everything keep calm.’...He lifted a warning forefinger...‘Du calme, du calme.’”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

tropidine tropidodiscid tropidophiid tropiduchid tropidurid tropidurine

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