French Environment and Ecology Vocabulary

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.

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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:

French environment vocabulary (PDF)
French ecology vocabulary (Wiktionary.org)

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David Issokson is a lifelong language enthusiast. His head is swimming with words and sounds as he speaks over six languages. Of all the languages he speaks, he's the most passionate about French! David has helped hundreds of students to improve their French in his private online lessons. When procrastinating working on his site, FrenchLearner.com, David enjoys his time skiing and hiking in Teton Valley, Idaho.

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