English Explanatory Dictionary

photosynthesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.
  2. Principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
  3. Also, nonoxygenic photosynthesis, used by purple and green bacteria, heliobacteria, and acidobacteria.

Pronunciation

/ˌfəʊ.təʊˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/ [ˌfəʊ.tʰəʊˈsɪn̪.θə.sɪs] /ˌfoʊ.toʊˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/ [ˌfŏʊ.ɾoʊˈsɪn̪.θə.sɪs] en-uk-photosynthesis.ogg

Word forms

photosynthesis photosyntheses

Etymology

From photo- + synthesis.

Related words

photosynthesise photosynthesize photosynthetic photosynthetically chemosynthesis

Derived words

alarm photosynthesis anoxygenic photosynthesis C2 photosynthesis C3 photosynthesis C4 photosynthesis CAM photosynthesis photosynthate photosynthetron

Translations

Afrikaans: fotosinthese Arabic: تَمْثِيل ضَوْئِيّ Arabic: تَرْكِيب ضَوْئِيّ Assamese: সালোক-সংশ্লেষণ Assamese: পোহৰ-মিলন Asturian: fotosíntesis Azerbaijani: fotosintez Bashkir: фотосинтез Bengali: সালোকসংশ্লেষ Bengali: সালোকসংশ্লেষণ Bulgarian: фотосинтеза Catalan: fotosíntesi Chinese: 光合作用 Chinese Mandarin: 光合作用 Czech: fotosyntéza Danish: fotosyntese Dutch: fotosynthese Esperanto: fotosintezo Faroese: ljóssamevning Faroese: fotosyntesa Finnish: fotosynteesi Finnish: yhteyttäminen French: photosynthèse Galician: fotosíntese Georgian: ფოტოსინთეზი German: Photosynthese Greek: φωτοσύνθεση Greenlandic: qaamanikkut pilersoqarneq Gujarati: પ્રકાશસંશ્લેષણ Hawaiian: kāʻamaʻai Hebrew: פוטוסינתזה Hindi: प्रकाश-संश्लेषण Hungarian: fotoszintézis Icelandic: ljóstillífun Indonesian: fotosintesis Irish: fótaisintéis Italian: fotosintesi Japanese: 光合成 Kannada: ದ್ಯುತಿಸಂಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ Kannada: ಬೆಳಕು ಹಮ್ಮುಗೆ Kazakh: фотосинтез Kazakh: сәулеқұрау Khmer: រស្មីសំយោគ Korean: 광합성 Kyrgyz: фотосинтез Latin: photosynthesis Latvian: fotosintēze
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