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carbon dioxide ‎(uncountable)

(inorganic chemistry) The normal oxide of carbon, CO₂; a colorless, odorless gas formed during respiration and combustion and consumed by plants during photosynthesis.
- 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
  Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.

CO₂

Armenian: ածխաթթու գազ ‎(acxatʿtʿu gaz), ածխածնի երկօքսիդ ‎(acxacni erkōkʿsid)
Basque: karbono dioxido, anhidrido karboniko
Bulgarian: въглероден диоксид m ‎(vǎgleroden dioksid)
Catalan: diòxid de carboni m, biòxid de carboni, anhídrid carbònic
Chinese:

Cantonese: 二氧化碳 ‎(ji⁶ yoeng⁵ faa³ taan³)

Mandarin: 二氧化碳 (zh) ‎(èryǎnghuàtàn)

Min Nan: 二酸化炭素 ‎(jī-sng-hoà thoàⁿ-sò͘), 二氧化碳 (zh-min-nan) ‎(jī-iông-hòa-thòaⁿ)
Czech: oxid uhličitý (cs) m
Danish: kuldioxid
Dutch: kooldioxide (nl)
Esperanto: karbona dioksido
Estonian: süsinikdioksiid, süsihappegaas
Faroese: koltvísúrni n
Finnish: hiilidioksidi (fi)
French: anhydride carbonique (fr) m, dioxyde de carbone (fr) m, gaz carbonique (fr) m (as a gas)
Georgian: ნახშირორჟანგი ‎(naxširoržangi)
German: Kohlenstoffdioxid (de) n, Kohlendioxyd n (colloquial) , Kohlendioxid (de) n
Greek: διοξείδιο του άνθρακα ‎(dioxeídio tou ánthraka)
Hebrew: פַּחְמָן דּוּ חַמְצָנִי (he) m ‎(paḥmán du ḥamtzaní), דּוּ תַּחְמֹצֶת הַפַּחְמָן (he) m ‎(du taḥmótzet hapaḥmán)
Hindi: प्रांगार द्विजारेय ‎(praangaar dvijaareya), अंगाराम्लवायु ‎(angaaraamlavaayu)
Hungarian: szén-dioxid (hu)

Irish: dé-ocsaíd charbóin f
Italian: anidride carbonica (it) f, diossido di carbonio m
Japanese: 二酸化炭素 (ja) ‎(にさんかたんそ, nisanka-tanso)
Korean: 이산화탄소 (ko) ‎(isanhwatanso) (二酸化炭素 (ko))
Latin: dioxeidium carbonicum
Latvian: ogļskābā gāze, oglekļa dioksīds
Malay: karbon dioksida
Polish: dwutlenek węgla (pl) m
Portuguese: dióxido de carbono, gás carbônico m
Romanian: bioxid de carbon m, dioxid de carbon m
Russian: двуо́кись углеро́да (ru) f ‎(dvuókisʹ ugleróda), углеки́слый газ (ru) m ‎(uglekíslyj gaz)
Sanskrit: अङ्गाराम्लवायु ‎(angaaraamlavaayu)
Scottish Gaelic: carbon dà-ogsaid m, gualan dà-ogsaid m
Serbo-Croatian: ugljik dioksida
Sindhi: ڏوناڪسِيوَر ڪاربان (sd) f
Slovak: oxid uhličitý m
Spanish: bióxido de carbono, anhídrido carbónico, dióxido de carbono
Swedish: koldioxid (sv)
Tagalog: karbon daluksad
Tamil: கரியமில வாயு/வளி ‎(kariyamila vāyu/vaḷi)
Telugu: బొగ్గుపులుసు వాయువు ‎(boggupulusu vāyuvu)
Thai: คาร์บอนไดออกไซด์