Phrase guide

heavy industry

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Industrial processes that are very complex or involve large and heavy equipment, facilities, or end products.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ааглых хьанҭа (aagləx xjanta) — heavy industry
  • Arabic: صناعات ثقيلة — heavy industry
  • Armenian: ծանր արդյունաբերություն (canr ardyunaberutʻyun) — heavy industry
  • Azerbaijani: ağır sənaye — heavy industry
  • Belarusian: тежка промишленост (tježka promišljenost) — heavy industry
  • Catalan: indústria pesant — heavy industry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重工業 /重工业 (zhònggōngyè) — heavy industry
  • Crimean Tatar: ağır sanayı — heavy industry
  • Czech: těžký průmysl — heavy industry
  • Danish: sværindustri — heavy industry
  • Dutch: zware industrie — heavy industry
  • Esperanto: peza industrio — heavy industry
  • Estonian: rasketööstus — heavy industry
  • Faroese: tungídnaður — heavy industry
  • Finnish: raskas teollisuus — heavy industry
  • French: industrie lourde — heavy industry
  • Galician: industria pesada — heavy industry
  • Georgian: მძიმე ინდუსტრია (mʒime indusṭria) — heavy industry
  • Georgian: მძიმე მრეწველობა (mʒime mrec̣veloba) — heavy industry
  • German: Schwerindustrie — heavy industry
  • Greek: βαριά βιομηχανία (variá viomichanía) — heavy industry
  • Hungarian: nehézipar — heavy industry
  • Icelandic: þungaiðnaður — heavy industry
  • Indonesian: industria astun — heavy industry
  • Japanese: 重工業 (jūkōgyō) — heavy industry
  • Kazakh: ауыр өнеркәсіп (auyr önerkäsıp) — heavy industry
  • Korean: 중공업 (junggong'eop) — heavy industry
  • Macedonian: тешка индустрија (teška industrija) — heavy industry
  • Malay: perindustrian berat — heavy industry
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tungindustri — heavy industry
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tungindustri — heavy industry
  • Persian: صنایع سنگین — heavy industry
  • Polish: przemysł ciężki — heavy industry
  • Portuguese: indústria pesada — heavy industry
  • Romanian: industrie grea — heavy industry
  • Russian: тяжёлая промы́шленность (tjažólaja promýšlennostʹ) — heavy industry
  • Spanish: industria pesada — heavy industry
  • Swedish: tung industri — heavy industry
  • Turkish: ağır sanayi — heavy industry
  • Ukrainian: важка промисловість (važka promyslovistʹ) — heavy industry
  • Vietnamese: công nghiệp nặng — heavy industry