greenhouse

English

Wikipedia

A small greenhouse typical of those found in private gardens

The interior of a large commercial greenhouse

Etymology

green +‎ house

Noun

greenhouse (plural greenhouses)

1. A building traditionally made of glass, but now also made from plastics such as polyethylene, in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass or plastic.

Usage notes

In the UK, greenhouse is the term used domestically. Large commercial greenhouses are called glasshouses by professionals.

Synonyms

• glasshouse (chiefly commercial)

Derived terms

• greenhouse bug
• greenhouse effect
• greenhouse gas

Translations

building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside

• Armenian: ջերմոց (hy) (ǰermocʿ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溫室 (cmn), 温室 (cmn) (wēnshì)

• Czech: skleník (cs) m
• Danish: drivhus (da) n
• Dutch: kas (nl) f
• Finnish: kasvihuone (fi)
• French: serre (fr) f
• German: Gewächshaus (de) n, Treibhaus (de) n
• Greek: θερμοκήπιο (el) (thermokípio) n
• Guernésiais: greenhouse f, spàn m
• Hebrew: חֲמָמָה (he)
• Hungarian: üvegház (hu), melegház (hu)
• Icelandic: gróðurhús (is) n, vetrargarður (is) m, gróðurskáli (is) m
• Italian: serra (it) f

• Japanese: 温室 (ja) (おんしつ, onshitsu), ハウス (ja) (hausu)
• Jèrriais: sèrre f
• Norwegian: drivhus (no) n
• Polish: szklarnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: viveiro m, estufa f
• Romanian: seră (ro) f
• Russian: теплица (ru) (teplíca) f, парник (ru) (parník) m
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh-ghlainne m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стакленик (sh) m

  Roman: staklenik (sh) m

• Spanish: invernadero (es) m
• Swedish: växthus (sv) n, drivhus (sv) n
• Turkish: sera (tr)

See also

• cloche
• hothouse
• orangery
• polytunnel

External links

• greenhouse on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From English greenhouse.

Noun

greenhouse f (plural greenhouses)

1. greenhouse

Synonyms

• spàn