biogas

See also: Biogas

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ gas.

Noun

biogas (countable and uncountable, plural biogases or biogasses)

1. A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, produced by anaerobic digestion of organic waste matter, used as a fuel.

Translations

gas produced by organic waste matter, used as a fuel

• Catalan: biogàs m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生物燃氣 / 生物燃气 (shēngwù ránqì), 生化氣體 / 生化气体 (shēnghuà qìtǐ), 生質氣體 / 生质气体 (shēngzhì qìtǐ)

• Czech: bioplyn (cs) m
• Dutch: biogas (nl) n
• Finnish: biokaasu (fi)
• French: biogaz (fr) m
• German: Biogas (de) n
• Hungarian: biogáz (hu)
• Italian: biogas (it) m
• Maori: haurehu koiora
• Polish: agrogaz m, biogaz (pl) m
• Russian: биога́з (ru) m (biogáz)
• Spanish: biogás m

Dutch

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed. Equivalent to bio- +‎ gas. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.oːˌɣɑs/

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• Hyphenation: bio‧gas

Noun

biogas n (plural biogassen)

1. biogas (gaseous mixture of methane and carbon dioxide)

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English biogas. By surface analysis, bio- +‎ gas.

Noun

biogas m (countable and uncountable)

1. biogas