photosynthesis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos
Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)
Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)
Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der.
English photo-
English synthesis
English photosynthesis
From photo- + synthesis.
Inflected forms:
form: photosyntheses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
gloss: Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Related words: photosynthesise
photosynthesize
photosynthetic
photosynthetically
chemosynthesis
Derived words: alarm photosynthesis
anoxygenic photosynthesis
C2 photosynthesis
C3 photosynthesis
C4 photosynthesis
CAM photosynthesis
photosynthate
photosynthetron
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: fotosinthese
lang: Arabic
word: تَمْثِيل ضَوْئِيّ
roman: tamṯīl ḍawʔiyy
lang: Arabic
word: تَرْكِيب ضَوْئِيّ
roman: tarkīb ḍawʔiyy
lang: Assamese
word: সালোক-সংশ্লেষণ
roman: xalük-xoṅslexon
lang: Assamese
word: পোহৰ-মিলন
roman: pühor-milon
lang: Asturian
word: fotosíntesis
lang: Azerbaijani
word: fotosintez
lang: Bashkir
word: фотосинтез
roman: fotosintez
lang: Bengali
word: সালোকসংশ্লেষ
roman: śalōkśoṅsleś
lang: Bengali
word: সালোকসংশ্লেষণ
roman: śalōkśoṅsleśon
lang: Bulgarian
word: фотосинтеза
roman: fotosinteza
lang: Catalan
word: fotosíntesi
lang: Chinese
word: 光合作用
roman: kng-ha̍p chok-iōng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 光合作用
roman: guānghé zuòyòng
lang: Czech
word: fotosyntéza
lang: Danish
word: fotosyntese
lang: Dutch
word: fotosynthese
lang: Esperanto
word: fotosintezo
lang: Faroese
word: ljóssamevning
lang: Faroese
word: fotosyntesa
lang: Finnish
word: fotosynteesi
lang: Finnish
word: yhteyttäminen
lang: French
word: photosynthèse
lang: Galician
word: fotosíntese
lang: Georgian
word: ფოტოსინთეზი
roman: poṭosintezi
lang: German
word: Photosynthese
lang: Greek
word: φωτοσύνθεση
roman: fotosýnthesi
lang: Greenlandic
word: qaamanikkut pilersoqarneq
lang: Gujarati
word: પ્રકાશસંશ્લેષણ
roman: prakāśsãśleṣaṇ
lang: Hawaiian
word: kāʻamaʻai
lang: Hebrew
word: פוטוסינתזה
roman: fotosinteza
lang: Hindi
word: प्रकाश-संश्लेषण
roman: prakāś-sañśleṣaṇ
lang: Hungarian
word: fotoszintézis
lang: Icelandic
word: ljóstillífun
lang: Indonesian
word: fotosintesis
lang: Irish
word: fótaisintéis
lang: Italian
word: fotosintesi
lang: Japanese
word: 光合成
roman: kōgōsei
lang: Kannada
word: ದ್ಯುತಿಸಂಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ
roman: dyutisaṃślēṣaṇe
lang: Kannada
word: ಬೆಳಕು ಹಮ್ಮುಗೆ
roman: beḷaku hammuge
lang: Kazakh
word: фотосинтез
roman: fotosintez
lang: Kazakh
word: сәулеқұрау
roman: säuleqūrau
lang: Khmer
word: រស្មីសំយោគ
roman: rɔɔsməysɑmyook
lang: Korean
word: 광합성
roman: gwanghapseong
lang: Kyrgyz
word: фотосинтез
roman: fotosintez
lang: Latin
word: photosynthesis
lang: Latvian
word: fotosintēze
lang: Lithuanian
word: fotosintezė
lang: Low German
word: Photosynthese
lang: Macedonian
word: фотосинтеза
roman: fotosinteza
lang: Malay
word: fotosintesis
lang: Malayalam
word: പ്രകാശസംശ്ലേഷണം
roman: prakāśasaṁślēṣaṇaṁ
lang: Manx
word: co-haaghey sollysh
lang: Māori
word: ahotakakame
lang: Marathi
word: प्रकाशसंश्लेषण
roman: prakāśsauśleṣaṇ
lang: Nepali
word: प्रकाश संश्लेषण
roman: prakāś saṅśaleṣaṇ
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: fotosyntese
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: fotosyntese
lang: Occitan
word: fotosintèsi
lang: Persian
word: نورساخت
roman: nursâxt
lang: Polish
word: fotosynteza
lang: Portuguese
word: fotossíntese
lang: Punjabi
word: ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਸੰਸਲੇਸ਼ਣ
roman: prkāś sansleśaṇ
lang: Quechua
word: inti wayllay
lang: Romanian
word: fotosinteză
lang: Russian
word: фотоси́нтез
roman: fotosíntɛz
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: foto-cho-chur
lang: Sindhi
word: تِڙڪيسازِي
roman: tiṛkesāzī
lang: Sinhalese
word: ප්රභාසංශ්ලේෂණය
roman: prabhāsaṁślēṣaṇaya
lang: Slovene
word: fotosinteza
lang: Somali
word: habka samayska cuntada
lang: Spanish
word: fotosíntesis
lang: Sundanese
word: fotosintésis
lang: Swahili
word: usanisinuru
lang: Swahili
word: usanidimwanga
lang: Swedish
word: fotosyntes
lang: Tagalog
word: potosintesis
lang: Tamil
word: ஒளிச்சேர்க்கை
roman: oḷiccērkkai
lang: Telugu
word: కిరణజన్య సంయోగ క్రియ
roman: kiraṇajanya saṁyōga kriya
lang: Thai
word: การสังเคราะห์แสง
roman: kār s̄ạngkherāah̄̒ s̄æng
lang: Turkish
word: fotosentez
lang: Turkish
word: ışılbireşim
lang: Turkish
word: ışık yardımı ile besin biriktirme süreci
lang: Ukrainian
word: фотоси́нтез
roman: fotosýntez
lang: Uyghur
word: فوتوسىنتېز
roman: fotosintëz
lang: Vietnamese
word: quang hợp
lang: Welsh
word: ffotosynthesis
lang: Zulu
word: ukwakhiwa kokudla kwesihlahla