English Online Dictionary. What means industrial? What does industrial mean?
English
Etymology
From French industriel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʌstɹɪəl/
Adjective
industrial (comparative more industrial, superlative most industrial)
- Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.
- Produced by such industry.
- Used by such industry.
- Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.
- Massive in scale or quantity.
- Employed as manpower by such industry.
- (of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.
- (music) Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.
Antonyms
- nonindustrial
- unindustrial
Derived terms
Related terms
- industrious
Translations
Noun
industrial (countable and uncountable, plural industrials)
- (dated, 19th-mid 20th century) An employee in industry.
- (business) An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.
- (finance) A bond or stock issued by such a company.
- (film) A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience.
- (informal, uncountable) Short for industrial music.
- (informal) Short for industrial piercing.
Translations
Anagrams
- diurnalist
Catalan
Etymology
From indústria + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [in.dus.tɾiˈal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
industrial m or f (masculine and feminine plural industrials)
- industrial
Derived terms
- industrialisme
- industrialista
Further reading
- “industrial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “industrial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “industrial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “industrial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From industria + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /indusˈtɾjal/ [in̪.d̪us̺ˈt̪ɾjɑɫ]
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: in‧dus‧trial
Adjective
industrial m or f (plural industriais)
- industrial
Derived terms
- industrialismo
- industrialista
Further reading
- “industrial”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English industrial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈdas.trjal/
- Rhymes: -astrjal
- Syllabification: in‧dus‧trial
Noun
industrial m inan
- (architecture) industrial architecture (objects of industrial and post-industrial architecture)
- (art) industrial art (aesthetic current in art looking for inspiration in forms associated with industrial civilization)
- industrial music (noisy, experimental genre of music with transgressive themes)
Declension
Noun
industrial m inan
- (slang) industrial piercing (piercing, especially of the upper ear cartilage, in which two pierced holes are connected with a single straight piece of jewelry)
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- industrial in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- industrial in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From indústria (“industry”) + -al.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: in‧dus‧tri‧al
Adjective
industrial m or f (plural industriais)
- industrial
Derived terms
- industrialismo
- industrialista
- industrialmente
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French industriel. By surface analysis, industrie + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /indusˈtrjal/
Adjective
industrial m or n (feminine singular industrială, masculine plural industriali, feminine and neuter plural industriale)
- industrial
Declension
Related terms
- industrialism
Spanish
Etymology
From industria + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /indusˈtɾjal/ [ĩn̪.d̪usˈt̪ɾjal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: in‧dus‧trial
Adjective
industrial m or f (masculine and feminine plural industriales)
- industrial
Derived terms
Further reading
- “industrial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10