primary sector

English

Noun

primary sector (plural primary sectors)

1. (economics) The sector of the economy that principally produces raw materials for use by other sectors.

Hyponyms

• agriculture
• mining

Coordinate terms

• secondary sector
• tertiary sector

Related terms

• primary industry

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: primaire sector m
• Finnish: alkutuotanto (fi), alkutuotantosektori
• Greek: πρωτογενής τομέας m (protogenís toméas)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: primærnæring m or f

  Nynorsk: primærnæring f