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/ɛ̃.dys.tʁi/
Translation
industry
Word origin
From Latin industria ('diligence, purposeful activity'). The sense of manufacturing came with the factories of the eighteenth century.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- industria
- English cognates
- industry, industrious
Grammar
Examples
L' .
The country's industry is in danger.
.
The old industries are closing one by one.
l' .
He has worked in industry for twenty years.
Cette .
This industry employs a thousand people.
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Big industries need energy.
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