Phrase guide

greenhouse gas

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɡɹiːn.haʊs ˈɡæs/
  • General-American: /ˌɡɹinˌ(h)aʊs ˈɡæs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any gas (such as carbon dioxide, a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), or methane) that contributes to the greenhouse effect when released into the atmosphere by absorbing infrared radiation emitted by a planet's surface, thus increasing the surface temperature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Termites and cows account for much greenhouse gas.
  • Only two greenhouse gases get much attention.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: GHG

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: greenhouse emission

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gas

Narrower terms: chlorofluorocarbon, CFC, carbon dioxide, CO2, carbonic acid gas, hydrofluorocarbon, HFC, perfluorocarbon, PFC, sulfur hexafluoride, sulphur hexafluoride

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kweekhuisgas — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Arabic: غازات دفيئة — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Armenian: ջերմոցային գազ (ǰermocʻayin gaz) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Azerbaijani: parnik qazları — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Basque: berotegi-efektuko gas — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Belarusian: парніко́выя га́зы (parnikóvyja házy) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Bengali: গ্রিনহাউজ গ্যাস (grinohauj gês) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Bihari: ग्रीनहाउस गैस — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Bulgarian: парников газ (parnikov gaz) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Burmese: မှန်လုံအိမ်ဓာတ်ငွေ့ (hmanlum-imdhatngwe.) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Catalan: gas hivernacle — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Chinese Cantonese: 溫室氣體 /温室气体 (wan1 sat1 hei3 tai2) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Chinese Mandarin: 溫室氣體 /温室气体 (wēnshì qìtǐ) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Czech: skleníkové plyn — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Danish: drivhusgas — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Doteli: हरितगृह ग्याँस (haritagr̥ha gyā̃s) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Dutch: broeikasgas — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Esperanto: forceja gaso — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Estonian: kasvuhoonegaasid — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Fijian: kasirara — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Finnish: kasvihuonekaasu — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • French: gaz à effet de serre — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Galician: gas de efecto invernadoiro — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Georgian: სათბურის გაზი (satburis gazi) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Georgian: სათბურის აირი (satburis airi) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • German: Treibhausgas — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Greek: αέριο του θερμοκηπίου (aério tou thermokipíou) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Gujarati: ગ્રીનહાઉસ વાયુ (grīnhāusa vāyu) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Haitian Creole: gaz lakòz efè tèmik — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Hebrew: גז חממה — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Hindi: ग्रीनहाउस गैस (grīnhāus gais) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Hungarian: üvegházgáz — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Hungarian: üvegházhatású gáz — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Hungarian: ÜHG — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Icelandic: gróðurhúsalofttegund — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Indonesian: gas rumah kaca — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Italian: gas serra — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Japanese: 温室効果ガス (onshitsukouka-gasu) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Kazakh: парниктік газдар (parniktık gazdar) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Korean: 온실가스 (onsilgaseu) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Korean: 온실 기체 (onsil giche) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Latvian: siltumnīcas gāze — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Lithuanian: šiltnamio dujos — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Lombard: gas sèrra — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Luxembourgish: Zäregas — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Macedonian: стакленички гас (staklenički gas) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Malagasy: etona mampihiboka hafanana — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Malay: gas rumah hijau — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Marathi: हरितगृह वायू (haritgŕh vāyū) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Mongolian: хүлэмжийн хий (xülemžiin xii) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drivhusgass — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Norwegian Bokmål: klimagass — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drivhusgass — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: klimagass — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Occitan: gas d'efièch de sèrra — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Pashto: د شنې خونې غاز — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Persian: گاز گلخانهای — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Polish: gaz cieplarniany — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Portuguese: gás do efeito estufa — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Portuguese: gás de efeito de estufa — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Punjabi: ਗ੍ਰੀਨਹਾਉਸ ਗੈਸ (grīnhāusa gais) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Romanian: gaz cu efect de seră — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Russian: парнико́вый газ (parnikóvyj gaz) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Sinhalese: හරිතාගාර වායු (haritāgāra wāyu) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Slovak: skleníkový plyn — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Slovene: toplogredni plin — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Spanish: gas de efecto invernadero — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Spanish: gas de invernadero — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Swahili: gesijoto — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Swedish: växthusgas — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Tamil: பைங்குடில் வளிமம் (paiṅkuṭil vaḷimam) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Tamil: பைங்குடில் வாயுக்கள் (paiṅkuṭil vāyukkaḷ) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Telugu: గ్రీన్హౌస్ వాయువు (grīnhaus vāyuvu) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Thai: แก๊สเรือนกระจก — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Tibetan: གང་འདྲ་ཞིག་ལ་དྲོད་ཁང་རླུང་གཟུགས་ཟེར། (gang 'dra zhig la drod khang rlung gzugs zer) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Turkish: sera gazları — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Ukrainian: парнико́вий газ (parnykóvyj haz) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Urdu: گرم خانہ گیس (garm-xāna gais) — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Vietnamese: khí nhà kính — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Walloon: gåz a efet di stouve — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
  • Walloon: resserant gåz — any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect