greenhouse effect

English

Noun

greenhouse effect (plural greenhouse effects)

1. (ecology) (with the) The process by which a planet is warmed by its atmosphere.

   The greenhouse effect could lead to global warming or, at least, climate change.

Translations

process by which a planet is warmed by its atmosphere

• Arabic: الاحتباس الحراري (ar) (al-iHtibaas al-Haraariy) m
• Catalan: efecte hivernacle (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溫室效應 (cmn), 温室效应 (cmn) (wēnshì-xiàoyìng)

• Czech: skleníkový efekt (cs) m
• Finnish: kasvihuoneilmiö (fi)
• French: effet de serre (fr) m
• German: Treibhauseffekt (de) m
• Greek: φαινόμενο θερμοκηπίου (el) (fenómeno thermokipíou) n
• Hebrew: אפקט החממה (he)
• Indonesian: efek rumah kaca

• Italian: effetto serra (it) m
• Japanese: 温室効果 (ja) (おんしつこうか, onshitsu-kōka)
• Maori: pānga kati kōtuhi (mi)
• Polish: efekt cieplarniany m
• Portuguese: efeito estufa m
• Romanian: efect de seră n
• Russian: парниковый эффект (ru) (parnikóvyj effékt) m
• Scottish Gaelic: buaidh an taigh-ghlainne f
• Spanish: efecto invernadero (es) m
• Swedish: växthuseffekt (sv) c
• Turkish: sera etkisi (tr)

See also

• global warming
• Greenhouse_effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Greenhouse_effect