industrial

English

Etymology

industry +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈdʌstrɪəl/

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Adjective

industrial (comparative more industrial, superlative most industrial)

1. of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.

   The industrial segment of the economy has seen troubles lately.

2. produced by such industry.

   Handicraft is less standardized then industrial products, hence less artistic or rather flawless.

3. used by such industry.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, Internal Combustion^[1]:

     More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.

4. employed as manpower by such industry.
5. (of a society or country) having many industries; industrialized.

   Italy is a part industrial, part rural nation.

6. (music) Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.

   a track with clashing industrial beats.

Antonyms

• nonindustrial
• unindustrial

Derived terms

• industrialism
• industrialize
• industrially
• industrialness
• industrial arts
• industrial espionage
• industrial production
• industrial scale
• industrial school
• industrial strength
• industrial tribunal
• industrial union

Related terms

• industrious

Translations

of or relating to industry

• Catalan: industrial (ca)
• Czech: průmyslový (cs) m
• Dutch: industrieel, industrie-, nijverheids-
• Esperanto: industria (eo)
• Finnish: teollinen, teollisuus-
• German: industriell, Industrie-

• Greek: βιομηχανικός (el) (viomikhanikós) m 
• Ido: industriala (io)
• Jèrriais: îndustriel
• Romanian: industrial (ro), de industrie (ro)
• Russian: промышленный (ru) (promýšlennyj) , индустриальный (ru) (industriál’nyj) 
• Spanish: industrial (es)

(of a society or country) having many industries

• Czech: průmyslový (cs) m
• Dutch: geïndustrialiseerd (nl), industrieel (nl)
• Finnish: teollinen, teollistunut

• German: industriell (de)
• Greek: βιομηχανικός (el) (viomikhanikós) m 

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Translations to be checked

• French: industriel
• Interlingua: industrial
• Portuguese: industrial
• Telugu: పారిశ్రామిక (paariSraamika)
• Volapük: dustodik

Noun

industrial (plural industrials)

1. (dated, 19th-mid 20th century) An employee in industry
2. (business) An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.
3. (finance) A bond or stock issued by such company

Derived terms

• Dow Jones Industrial Average

Translations

employee

• Finnish: tehdastyöläinen (fi), teollisuustyöntekijä (fi)

enterprise

• Finnish: teollisuusyritys (fi)

employee

• Finnish: teollisuusosake (fi)

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Portuguese

Adjective

industrial m and f (plural industriais; comparable)

1. industrial

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Spanish

Adjective

industrial m and f (plural industriales)

1. industrial

Related terms

• industria