tropical
/tɾopiˈkal/ · B2 · adj
tropical
🌴🥥 tropical = trópico + -al, from Greek tropikos 'turning': the sun turns back at the tropics
Same spelling as English. It comes from trópico, the zones where the sun appears to turn back (Greek tropē, 'turn'). The -al ending makes it an adjective: 'of the tropics'. Say it with a rolled r-like tap: tro-pi-KAL.