English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] photo- synthesis
Pronunciation [ edit ] ( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ˌfəʊ.təʊ.ˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/ , [ˌfəʊ.tʰəʊ.ˈsɪn̪.θə.sɪs] ( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˌfoʊ.toʊ.ˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/ , [ˌfŏʊ.ɾoʊ.ˈsɪn̪.θə.sɪs] photosynthesis (usually uncountable , plural photosyntheses
( biology ) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.
principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
2013 Katie L. Burke , “In the News ”, in American Scientist 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.
also, non-oxygenic photosynthesis, used by purple and green bacteria , heliobacteria , and acidobacteria . Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] biological process
Afrikaans: fotosinthese
Arabic: تَمْثِيل ضَوْئِيّ m ( tamṯīl ḍawʔiyy ) , تَرْكِيب ضَوْئِيّ m ( tarkīb ḍawʔiyy )
Assamese: সালোক-সংশ্লেষণ ( xalük-xoṅslexon ) , পোহৰ-মিলন ( pühor-milon )
Asturian: fotosíntesis f
Azerbaijani: fotosintez
Bashkir: фотосинтез ( fotosintez )
Bengali: সালোকসংশ্লেষ (bn) ( śalōkśoṅsleś ) , সালোকসংশ্লেষণ (bn) ( śalōkśoṅsleśon )
Bulgarian: фотосинтеза f ( fotosinteza )
Catalan: fotosíntesi (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 光合作用 (zh) ( guānghé zuòyòng )
Min Nan: 光合作用 ( kng-ha̍p chok-iōng )
Czech: fotosyntéza (cs) f
Danish: fotosyntese (da) c
Dutch: fotosynthese (nl) f
Esperanto: fotosintezo
Faroese: ljóssamevning f fotosyntesa f
Finnish: fotosynteesi (fi) , yhteyttäminen (fi)
French: photosynthèse (fr) f
Galician: fotosíntese (gl) f
Georgian: ფოტოსინთეზი ( poṭosintezi )
German: Photosynthese (de) f
Greek: φωτοσύνθεση (el) f ( fotosýnthesi )
Greenlandic: qaamanikkut pilersoqarneq
Guaraní: tesapemoñanga
Gujarati: પ્રકાશસંશ્લેષણ ? ( prakāśsãśleṣaṇ )
Hawaiian: kāʻamaʻai
Hebrew: פוטוסינתזה (he) f ( fotosinteza )
Hindi: प्रकाश-संश्लेषण ? ( prakāś-sanśleṣaṇ )
Hungarian: fotoszintézis (hu)
Icelandic: ljóstillífun (is) f
Indonesian: fotosintesis (id)
Irish: fótaisintéis f
Italian: fotosintesi (it) f
Japanese: 光合成 (ja) ( こうごうせい, kōgōsei )
Kannada: ದ್ಯುತಿಸಂಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ ( dyutisaṃślēṣaṇe ) , ಬೆಳಕು ಹಮ್ಮುಗೆ (kn) ( beḷaku hammuge )
Kazakh: фотосинтез ( fotosintez ) , сәулеқұрау ( säuleqūrau )
Khmer: រស្មីសំយោគ ( rɔɔhmiisɑmyook )
Korean: 광합성(光合成) (ko) ( gwanghapseong )
Kyrgyz: фотосинтез ( fotosintez )
Latin: photosynthesis f
Latvian: fotosintēze f
Lithuanian: fotosintezė ?
Low German: Photosynthese f
Macedonian: фотосинтеза f ( fotosinteza )
Malay: fotosintesis (ms)
Malayalam: പ്രകാശസംശ്ലേഷണം (ml) ( prakāśasaṁślēṣaṇaṁ )
Manx: co-haaghey sollysh m
Maori: ahotakakame
Marathi: प्रकाशसंश्लेषण ? ( prakāśsauśleṣaṇ )
Nepali: प्रकाश संश्लेषण ( prakāś saṅśaleṣaṇ )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fotosyntese (no) m
Nynorsk: fotosyntese m
Occitan: fotosintèsi (oc) f
Persian: نورساخت ( nursâxt )
Polish: fotosynteza (pl) f
Portuguese: fotossíntese (pt) f
Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਸੰਸਲੇਸ਼ਣ ? ( prkāś sansleśaṇ )
Quechua: inti wayllay
Romanian: fotosinteză (ro) f
Russian: фотоси́нтез (ru) m ( fotosíntɛz )
Scottish Gaelic: foto-cho-chur m
Sindhi: تِڙڪيسازِي (sd) f
Sinhalese: ප්රභාසංශ්ලේෂණය ( prabhāsaṁślēṣaṇaya )
Slovene: fotosinteza (sl) f
Somali: habka samayska cuntada
Spanish: fotosíntesis (es) f
Sundanese: fotosintésis
Swahili: usanisinuru class 11 , usanidimwanga
Swedish: fotosyntes (sv) c
Tagalog: suglaguman
Tamil: ஒளிச்சேர்க்கை (ta) ( oḷiccērkkai )
Telugu: కిరణజన్య సంయోగ క్రియ (te) ( kiraṇajanya saṁyōga kriya )
Thai: การสังเคราะห์แสง ( kār s̄ạngkherāah̄̒ s̄æng )
Turkish: fotosentez (tr) , ışılbireşim (tr) , ışık yardımı ile besin biriktirme süreci
Ukrainian: фотоси́нтез m ( fotosýntez )
Uyghur: فوتوسىنتېز ( fotosintëz )
Vietnamese: quang hợp (vi) (光合
Welsh: ffotosynthesis (cy)
Zulu: ukwakhiwa kokudla kwesihlahla ?
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