industrialize

English

Alternative forms

• industrialise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

Borrowed from French industrialiser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʌstɹiəlaɪz/

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Verb

industrialize (third-person singular simple present industrializes, present participle industrializing, simple past and past participle industrialized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (of a country) To develop industry; to become industrial.
2. (of a process) To organize along industrial lines.

Antonyms

• deindustrialize

Derived terms

• agroindustrialize
• industrialization
• reindustrialize

Translations

to develop industry

• Belarusian: індустрыялізава́ць impf or pf (industryjalizavácʹ)
• Catalan: industrialitzar (ca)
• Danish: industrialisere
• Dutch: industrialiseren (nl)
• Finnish: teollistaa (to develop industry), teollistua (to become industrial)
• French: industrialiser (fr)
• Galician: industrializar (gl)
• German: industrialisieren (de)
• Hungarian: iparosít (hu), indusztrializál (hu)
• Ido: industrieskar (io)
• Italian: industrializzare (it)
• Latvian: industrializēt
• Macedonian: индустријализи́ра (industrijalizíra)
• Norman: îndustrialiser
• Polish: industrializować impf, zindustrializować pf, uprzemysławiać impf, uprzemysłowiać impf, uprzemysłowić pf
• Portuguese: industrializar (pt)
• Russian: индустриализи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (industrializírovatʹ)
• Spanish: industrializar (es)
• Swedish: industrialisera (sv)
• Tagalog: kalalangin, isakalalang, sakalalangin
• Ukrainian: індустріалізува́ти impf or pf (industrializuváty)

to organize along industrial lines

• Finnish: teollistaa
• Ido: industriizar (io)
• Polish: industrializować impf, zindustrializować pf, uprzemysławiać impf, uprzemysłowiać impf, uprzemysłowić pf

Galician

Verb

industrialize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of industrializar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

industrialize

1. inflection of industrializar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative