Plants need to be in a well-lit place to undergo photosynthesis.
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Photosynthesis
//ˌfoʊ.toʊˈsɪn.θə.sɪs//
Synonyms for "photosynthesis"
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88 translations across 78 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- fotosinthese noun (biological process)
Arabic
2 entries- تَرْكِيب ضَوْئِيّ noun (biological process)
- تَمْثِيل ضَوْئِيّ noun (biological process)
Assamese
2 entries- পোহৰ-মিলন noun (biological process)
- সালোক-সংশ্লেষণ noun (biological process)
Asturian
1 entries- fotosíntesis noun (biological process)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- fotosintez noun (biological process)
Bashkir
1 entries- фотосинтез noun (biological process)
Bengali
2 entries- সালোকসংশ্লেষ noun (biological process)
- সালোকসংশ্লেষণ noun (biological process)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фотосинтеза noun (biological process)
Catalan
1 entries- fotosíntesi noun (biological process)
Chinese
1 entries- 光合作用 noun (biological process)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 光合作用 noun (biological process)
Czech
1 entries- fotosyntéza noun (biological process)
Danish
1 entries- fotosyntese noun (biological process)
Dutch
1 entries- fotosynthese noun (biological process)
Esperanto
1 entries- fotosintezo noun (biological process)
Faroese
2 entries- fotosyntesa noun (biological process)
- ljóssamevning noun (biological process)
Finnish
2 entries- fotosynteesi noun (biological process)
- yhteyttäminen noun (biological process)
French
1 entries- photosynthèse noun (biological process)
Galician
1 entries- fotosíntese noun (biological process)
Georgian
1 entries- ფოტოსინთეზი noun (biological process)
German
1 entries- Photosynthese noun (biological process)
Greek
1 entries- φωτοσύνθεση noun (biological process)
Greenlandic
1 entries- qaamanikkut pilersoqarneq noun (biological process)
Gujarati
1 entries- પ્રકાશસંશ્લેષણ noun (biological process)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kāʻamaʻai noun (biological process)
Hebrew
1 entries- פוטוסינתזה noun (biological process)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रकाश-संश्लेषण noun (biological process)
Hungarian
1 entries- fotoszintézis noun (biological process)
Icelandic
1 entries- ljóstillífun noun (biological process)
Indonesian
1 entries- fotosintesis noun (biological process)
Irish
1 entries- fótaisintéis noun (biological process)
Italian
1 entries- fotosintesi noun (biological process)
Japanese
1 entries- 光合成 noun (biological process)
Kannada
2 entries- ದ್ಯುತಿಸಂಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ noun (biological process)
- ಬೆಳಕು ಹಮ್ಮುಗೆ noun (biological process)
Kazakh
2 entries- сәулеқұрау noun (biological process)
- фотосинтез noun (biological process)
Khmer
1 entries- រស្មីសំយោគ noun (biological process)
Korean
1 entries- 광합성 noun (biological process)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- фотосинтез noun (biological process)
Latin
1 entries- photosynthesis noun (biological process)
Latvian
1 entries- fotosintēze noun (biological process)
Lithuanian
1 entries- fotosintezė noun (biological process)
Low German
1 entries- Photosynthese noun (biological process)
Macedonian
1 entries- фотосинтеза noun (biological process)
Malay
1 entries- fotosintesis noun (biological process)
Malayalam
1 entries- പ്രകാശസംശ്ലേഷണം noun (biological process)
Manx
1 entries- co-haaghey sollysh noun (biological process)
Marathi
1 entries- प्रकाशसंश्लेषण noun (biological process)
Māori
1 entries- ahotakakame noun (biological process)
Nepali
1 entries- प्रकाश संश्लेषण noun (biological process)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fotosyntese noun (biological process)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fotosyntese noun (biological process)
Occitan
1 entries- fotosintèsi noun (biological process)
Persian
1 entries- نورساخت noun (biological process)
Polish
1 entries- fotosynteza noun (biological process)
Portuguese
1 entries- fotossíntese noun (biological process)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਸੰਸਲੇਸ਼ਣ noun (biological process)
Quechua
1 entries- inti wayllay noun (biological process)
Romanian
1 entries- fotosinteză noun (biological process)
Russian
1 entries- фотоси́нтез noun (biological process)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- foto-cho-chur noun (biological process)
Sindhi
1 entries- تِڙڪيسازِي noun (biological process)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ප්රභාසංශ්ලේෂණය noun (biological process)
Slovene
1 entries- fotosinteza noun (biological process)
Somali
1 entries- habka samayska cuntada noun (biological process)
Spanish
1 entries- fotosíntesis noun (biological process)
Sundanese
1 entries- fotosintésis noun (biological process)
Swahili
2 entries- usanidimwanga noun (biological process)
- usanisinuru noun (biological process)
Swedish
1 entries- fotosyntes noun (biological process)
Tagalog
1 entries- potosintesis noun (biological process)
Tamil
1 entries- ஒளிச்சேர்க்கை noun (biological process)
Telugu
1 entries- కిరణజన్య సంయోగ క్రియ noun (biological process)
Thai
1 entries- การสังเคราะห์แสง noun (biological process)
Turkish
3 entries- fotosentez noun (biological process)
- ışık yardımı ile besin biriktirme süreci noun (biological process)
- ışılbireşim noun (biological process)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фотоси́нтез noun (biological process)
Uyghur
1 entries- فوتوسىنتېز noun (biological process)
Vietnamese
1 entries- quang hợp noun (biological process)
Welsh
1 entries- ffotosynthesis noun (biological process)
Zulu
1 entries- ukwakhiwa kokudla kwesihlahla noun (biological process)
Sample sentences
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Do all plants carry out photosynthesis?
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Green plants carry out photosynthesis.
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On Earth, new oxygen is produced from plants through the process of photosynthesis.
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