The issues of global environmental destruction and ecology have become increasingly urgent over the past few decades. On this page you’ll find a complete list of environment and ecology vocabulary which will help you to read articles and understand TV reports on this topic.
- biodegradable biodégradable
- biodiversity biodiversité f
- environmental biologist biologiste en environnement (m/f)
- coal charbon m
- climate climat m
- ozone layer couche d’ozone f
- deforestation déforestation f
- desertification désertification f
- sustainable development développement durable m
- carbon dioxide dioxyde de carbone m
- ecologist écologiste (m/f)
- energy conversation économies d’énergie fp
- greenhouse effect effet de serre m
- fumes émanations, fumées fp
- wind energy énergie éolienne
- energy énergie f
- clean energy énergie propre f
- renewable energy énergie renouvelable f
- solar energy énergie solaire f
- environment environnement m
- environmentalist environnementaliste
- endangered species espèce en voie d’extinction f
- unleaded petrol essence sans plomb f
- extinction extinction f
- waste gaspillage m
- flood inondation f
- carbon footprint l’empreinte carbone f
- oil slick marée noire f
- carbon monoxide monoxyde de carbone m
- NGO ONG f
- acid rain pluie acide f
- pollution pollution f
- pollutant produit polluant m
- disposable products produits jetables mp
- Kyoto protocol protocole de Kyoto m
- global warming réchauffement climatique m
- recycling recyglage m
- natural resources ressources naturelles fp
- preservation sauvegarde f
- scientist scientifique (m/f)
- drought sécheresse f
- earthquake tremblement de terre m
More resources:
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- French geography vocabulary
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More resources:
- French environment vocabulary (PDF)
- French ecology vocabulary (Wiktionary.org)
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