"industrial" in seven languages
Meaningindustrial
Spanish
industrial
/indusˈtɾjal/
learned
French
industriel
/ɛ̃dystʁijɛl/
learned
Italian
industriale
/indusˈtrjale/
learned
Portuguese
industrial
/ĩdustɾiˈaw/
learned
Romanian
industrial
/industriˈal/
learned
Catalan
industrial
/indusˈtɾial/
learned
English
industrial
/ɪnˈdʌstɹiəl/
from Latin/French · French industriel / Latin INDUSTRIA
English → ItalianindustrialindustrialeCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INDUSTRIAM‘diligence, hard work’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
INDUSTRIA meant 'hard work', the sense English industrious keeps. Factories took over the word only in modern times.
English relatives: industry, industrious
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In a sentence
- esEs una ciudad industrial.
- frC'est une ville industrielle.
- itÈ una città industriale.
- ptÉ uma cidade industrial.
- roEste un oraș industrial.
- caÉs una ciutat industrial.
- enIt's an industrial city.
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