global warming

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First attested in the 1950s. Came into common use in the mid-1970s with Wallace Smith Broecker's paper “Climatic Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?” and Mikhail Budyko's statement in 1976 that “a global warming up has started”.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: aardverwarming — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Arabic: اِحْتِبَاس حَرَارِيّ (iḥtibās ḥarāriyy) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Arabic: اِحْتِرَار عَالَمِيّ (iḥtirār ʕālamiyy) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Armenian: գլոբալ տաքացում (global takʻacʻum) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Asturian: calentamientu global — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Azerbaijani: qlobal istiləşmə — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Bashkir: глобаль йылыныу (globalʹ yılınıw) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Basque: berotze globala — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Belarusian: глабальнае пацяпленне (hlabalʹnaje pacjapljennje) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Bengali: বিশ্ব উষ্ণায়ন (biśśo uśnaẏon) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Bulgarian: глобално затопляне (globalno zatopljane) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Catalan: escalfament global — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Chinese: 全球燒烙化 /全球烧烙化 (choân-kiû sio-lo̍h-hoà) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Chinese Mandarin: 全球變暖 /全球变暖 (quánqiú biànnuǎn) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Chinese Mandarin: 全球暖化 (quánqiú nuǎnhuà) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Czech: globální oteplování — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Danish: global opvarmning — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Dutch: opwarming van de aarde — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Dutch: klimaatopwarming — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Dzongkha: འཛམ་གླིང་དྲོད་འཕར ('dzam gling drod 'phar) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Esperanto: tutmonda varmiĝo — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Estonian: globaalne soojenemine — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Finnish: ilmaston lämpeneminen — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• French: réchauffement climatique — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Galician: quentamento global — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Georgian: გლობალური დათბობა (globaluri datboba) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• German: globale Erwärmung — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• German: Erderwärmung — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Greek: παγκόσμια θέρμανση (pagkósmia thérmansi) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Hebrew: התחממות עולמית — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Hindi: भूमंडलीय ऊष्मीकरण (bhūmaṇḍalīya ūṣmīkaraṇ) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Hindi: वैश्विक ऊष्मीकरण (vaiśvik ūṣmīkraṇ) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Hungarian: globális felmelegedés — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Icelandic: heimshlýnun — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Ido: globala varmesko — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Indonesian: pemanasan global — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Interlingua: calefaction global — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Irish: téamh domhanda — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Italian: riscaldamento globale — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Japanese: 地球温暖化 (chikyū-ondanka) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Kazakh: ғаламдық жылыну (ğalamdyq jylynu) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Korean: 지구 온난화 (jigu onnanhwa) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Kyrgyz: глобалдык жылуулук (globaldık jıluuluk) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Latin: calefactio universalis — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Latvian: globālā sasilšana — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Lithuanian: visuotinis atšilimas — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Luxembourgish: global Erwiermung — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Macedonian: глобално затоплување (globalno zatopluvanje) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Malayalam: ആഗോളതാപനം (āgōḷatāpanaṁ) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Marathi: जागतिक तापमानवाढ (jāgtik tāpmānvāḍh) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Mongolian: дэлхийн дулаарал (delxiin dulaaral) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Norman: caûff'thie globale — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Norwegian Bokmål: global oppvarming — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Norwegian Nynorsk: global oppvarming — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Occitan: escalfament global — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Persian: گرمایش زمین (garmâyeš-e zamin) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Persian: گرمایش جهانی (garmâyeš-e jahâni) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Persian: گرمش زمین (garmeš-e zamin) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Polish: globalne ocieplenie — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Portuguese: aquecimento global — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Punjabi: ਆਲਮੀ ਤਪਸ਼ (ālamī tapaś) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Romanian: încălzire globală — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Russian: глоба́льное потепле́ние (globálʹnoje poteplénije) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Scottish Gaelic: blàthachadh na cruinne — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Serbo-Croatian: globalno zatopljenje — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Sinhalese: ගෝලීය තාපනය (gōlīya tāpanaya) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Slovak: globálne otepľovanie — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Slovene: globalno segrevanje — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Lower Sorbian: wóśoplenje zemje — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Spanish: calentamiento global — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Swahili: ongezeko la joto duniani — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Swedish: global uppvärmning — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Tajik: гармшавии глобалӣ (garmšavi-yi globali) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Tamil: புவி வெப்பநிலை அதிகரிப்பு (puvi veppanilai atikarippu) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Telugu: ప్రపంచ కవోష్ణత (prapañca kavōṣṇata) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Telugu: భూగోళ కవోష్ణత (bhūgōḷa kavōṣṇata) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Telugu: గ్లోబల్ వార్మింగ్ (glōbal vārmiṅg) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Thai: ปรากฏการณ์โลกร้อน — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Turkish: küresel ısınma — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Turkmen: global ýylylyk — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Ukrainian: глоба́льне потеплі́ння (hlobálʹne poteplínnja) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Urdu: عالمی حرارت (ā'lamī harārat) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Urdu: عالمی حدت (ā'lamī-hiddat) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Urdu: عالمی گرمائش (ā'lamī-garmā'iś) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Urdu: عالمی تپش (ā'lamī-tapiś) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Urdu: عالمی تمازت (ā'lamī-tamāzat) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Vietnamese: ấm lên toàn cầu — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Vietnamese: nóng lên toàn cầu — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Vietnamese: hâm nóng toàn cầu — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Yiddish: גלאָבאַלישער אָנהייצן (globalisher onheytsn) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change
• Yiddish: גלאָבאַלע אָנוואַרעמען (globale onvaremen) — increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change