tropique

tʁopik

Definition

Definition of tropique - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

géographieligne imaginaire qui sépare la zone chaude de la zone tempérée

Le tropique du Cancer passe par le Mexique et l'Égypte.

astronomie

TECH.

ligne céleste qui correspond aux points les plus éloignés du soleil

TECH.

Les astronomes étudient le tropique céleste pour comprendre les solstices.

Adjective

climat chaud

Rare

qui concerne les régions chaudes situées près de l'équateur

Rare

La végétation tropique est luxuriante toute l'année.

équatorial

rhétorique

TECH.

qui se rapporte aux figures de style et au langage figuré

TECH.

Son analyse tropique du texte révèle plusieurs métaphores.

figuré

métaphorique

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tropique du Capricorne

parallèle terrestre situé à environ 23 degrés au sud de l'équateur

Le tropique du Capricorne traverse l'Australie et le Brésil.

tropique du Cancer

parallèle terrestre à 23°26' nord marquant la limite de la zone tropicale

Le tropique du Cancer traverse le Mexique, l'Égypte et l'Inde.

année tropique

durée pour que le soleil revienne à la même position

L'année tropique dure environ 365 jours et 6 heures.

Origin of tropique

grec, tropikos (tournant, changement de direction)

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holarctique

géographie

région de l'hémisphère nord située au nord du tropique du Cancer

Examples of tropique in a sentence

Les climats tropicaux se situent près des tropiques.
Les astronomes ont observé le tropique du Cancer lors de leur expédition.
Le soleil atteint le tropique du Capricorne en décembre.
Le climat tropique favorise la croissance rapide des plantes.
Les maladies tropiques sont fréquentes dans cette région.
L'approche tropique éclaire le symbolisme du poème.

Une lecture tropique permet d'interpréter ce passage différemment.

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English:tropic, tropical, ...
German:Wendekreis, tropisch, ...
Italian:tropico, tropicale, ...
Spanish:trópico, tropical, ...
Portuguese:trópico, tropical, ...
Chinese:回归线, 热带的, ...
Japanese:回帰線, 熱帯の, ...
Arabic:مدار, استوائي, ...
Hebrew:טְרוֹפִּיק, טְרוֹפִּי, ...
Russian:тропик, тропический, ...
Ukrainian:тропік, тропічний, ...
Catalan:tropic, tropical, ...
Danish:vendekreds, tropisk, ...
Dutch:tropicus, tropisch, ...
Greek:τροπικός, που ανήκει στους τροπικούς, ...
Hungarian:térítő, trópusi, ...
Khmer:ត្រូពិក, ត្រូពិច, ...
Korean:회귀선, 열대의, ...
Polish:tropik, tropikalny, ...
Portuguese (BR):trópico, tropical, ...
Romanian:tropic, tropical, ...
Swedish:vändkrets, tropisk, ...
Thai:เส้นทรอปิก, เขตร้อน, ...
Turkish:tropik çizgisi, tropikal, ...
Vietnamese:chí tuyến, nhiệt đới, ...

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Definition of tropique - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adjective

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Origin of tropique

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