Meanings
nountropical storm (plural tropical storms)
plural tropical storms
- A cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour.
Janice was a tropical depression 10 days ago, a tropical storm 5 days ago, and a hurricane yesterday and today.
- broadlyAny tropical cyclone.
Translations
Catalan tempesta tropical
- tempesta tropicalcyclone
Chinese Mandarin 熱帶氣旋 /热带气旋, 熱帶風暴 /热带风暴
- 熱帶氣旋 /热带气旋 (rèdài qìxuán)cyclone
- 熱帶風暴 /热带风暴 (rèdài fēngbào)cyclone
Dutch tropische storm
- tropische stormcyclone
Finnish trooppinen hirmumyrsky
- trooppinen hirmumyrskycyclone
French cyclone tropical
- cyclone tropicalcyclone
German tropischer Wirbelsturm
- tropischer Wirbelsturmcyclone
Irish stoirm thrópaiceach
- stoirm thrópaiceachcyclone
Polish burza tropikalna, sztorm tropikalny
- burza tropikalnacyclone
- sztorm tropikalnycyclone
Spanish tormenta tropical
- tormenta tropicalcyclone
Tagalog unos tropiko
- unos tropikocyclone
Cite this entry
APA
tropical storm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tropical%20storm
MLA
“tropical storm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tropical%20storm. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tropical storm,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tropical%20storm.
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