greenhouse gas

English

Noun

greenhouse gas (countable and uncountable, plural greenhouse gases)

1. Any gas, such as carbon dioxide, methane, or CFCs, that contributes to the greenhouse effect when released into the atmosphere.

   Hyponyms: water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, NOx, ozone, CFC, HCFC, HFC

   Termites and cows account for much greenhouse gas.

   Only two greenhouse gases get much attention.

   • 2019, George Monbiot, “Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In other sectors, greenhouse gas emissions have fallen sharply. But transport emissions in the UK have declined by only 2% since 1990.

   • 2023 March 22, 'Industry Insider', “Restoring Your Railway”, in RAIL, number 979, page 68:

     The consequences were catalogued by the Royal Commission for Environmental Pollution in 1994, which recommended several measures to constrain the emission of greenhouse gases.

Derived terms

• super greenhouse gas

Related terms

• greenhouse effect

Translations

any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect

• Afrikaans: kweekhuisgas (af)
• Armenian: ջերմոցային գազ (hy) (ǰermocʿayin gaz)
• Catalan: gas hivernacle m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 溫室氣體／温室气体 (wan¹ sat¹ hei³ tai²)

  Mandarin: 溫室氣體／温室气体 (zh) (wēnshì qìtǐ)

• Danish: drivhusgas c
• Dutch: broeikasgas (nl) n
• Finnish: kasvihuonekaasu (fi)
• French: gaz à effet de serre (fr) m
• Georgian: სათბური გაზი (satburi gazi), სათბურის აირები (satburis airebi), სათბურის აირი (satburis airi)
• German: Treibhausgas (de) n
• Greek: αέριο του θερμοκηπίου n (aério tou thermokipíou) (aério tou thermokipíou)
• Hungarian: üvegházhatású gáz (hu), üvegházgáz, ÜHG
• Icelandic: gróðurhúsalofttegund f
• Indonesian: gas rumah kaca
• Italian: gas serra m
• Japanese: 温室効果ガス (ja) (onshitsukouka-gasu)
• Luxembourgish: Zäregas m
• Macedonian: стакленички гас m (staklenički gas)
• Malay: gas rumah hijau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: drivhusgass m, klimagass m

  Nynorsk: drivhusgass m, klimagass m

• Polish: gaz cieplarniany (pl) m
• Portuguese: gás (causador) de/do efeito estufa m
• Romanian: gaz cu efect de seră n
• Russian: парнико́вый газ m (parnikóvyj gaz)
• Slovak: skleníkový plyn
• Spanish: gas de invernadero, gas de efecto invernadero m
• Swedish: växthusgas (sv) c
• Thai: แก๊สเรือนกระจก
• Ukrainian: парнико́вий газ m (parnykóvyj haz)
• Vietnamese: khí nhà kính (vi)

Further reading

• greenhouse gas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia