carbon dioxide

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carbon dioxide

/ˌkɑː.bən daɪˈɒk.saɪd/ UK
/ˌkɑɹ.bən daɪˈɑk.saɪd/ US
/ˌkɑɹ.bən daɪˈɒk.saɪd/ Canada
/ˌkɐː.bən dɑɪˈɒk.sɑɪd/ Australia
/ˌkaː.bən daɪˈɒk.saɪd/ New Zealand
/ˌkaɹ.bən daɪˈɔk.saɪd/ Scotland

noun carbon dioxid · carbondioxid

uncountable The normal oxide of carbon, CO₂; a colorless, odorless gas formed during respiration and combustion and consumed by plants during photosynthesis. There were dozens of presentations in 2008, including: […
Similar: carbonic acid gas, CO₂, E290

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noun CO₂

Español	bióxido de carbono, anhídrido carbónico, dióxido de carbono, anhidrido carbónico
한국어	이산화탄소 isanhwatanso
日本語	二酸化炭素 nisanka-tanso
中文	二氧化碳 èryǎnghuàtàn
हिन्दी	प्रांगार द्विजारेय prāṅgār dvijārey, अंगाराम्लवायु aṅgārāmlavāyu
Kiswahili	kaboni dioksidi
Português	dióxido de carbono, gás carbônico
Français	anhydride carbonique, dioxyde de carbone, gaz carbonique
Deutsch	Kohlenstoffdioxid, Kohlendioxyd, Kohlendioxid
Italiano	anidride carbonica, diossido di carbonio
Ελληνικά	διοξείδιο του άνθρακα dioxeídio tou ánthraka
Română	bioxid de carbon, dioxid de carbon, anhidridă carbonică
Русский	двуо́кись углеро́да dvuókisʹ ugleróda, углеки́слый газ uglekíslyj gaz, диокси́д углеро́да dioksíd ugleróda
Tiếng Việt	cacbon đioxit, cacbonic
العربية	ثَانِي أُكْسِيد الْكَرْبُون ṯānī ʔuksīd al-karbūn
עברית	פַּחְמָן דּוּ חַמְצָנִי paḥmán du ḥamtzaní, דּוּ תַּחְמֹצֶת הַפַּחְמָן du taḥmótzet hapaḥmán

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@misc{carbon_dioxide_2026,
  title = {carbon dioxide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carbon%20dioxide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}