verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈdʌstɹiəlaɪz/
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CMU ARPABET:IH2 N D AH1 S T R IY0 AH0 L AY2 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To develop industry; to become industrial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To organize along industrial lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
develop industry; become industrial
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: industrialise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
4
verb
Meaning 4
organize (the production of something) into an industry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The Chinese industrialized textile production
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: industrialise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *dó univ. Proto-Indo-European *h1n̥dó Old Latin endo Latin indu Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh3- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō ? Latin industrius Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin industrialbor. French industrie French -iel French industriel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izārebor. Old French -iser French -iser French industrialiserbor. English industrialize Borrowed from French industrialiser.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
індустрыялізава́ць
(industryjalizavácʹ)
— to develop industry
Catalan:
industrialitzar
— to develop industry
Czech:
industrializovat
— to develop industry
Danish:
industrialisere
— to develop industry
Dutch:
industrialiseren
— to develop industry
Finnish:
teollistaa
— to develop industry
Finnish:
teollistua
— to develop industry
French:
industrialiser
— to develop industry
Galician:
industrializar
— to develop industry
German:
industrialisieren
— to develop industry
Hungarian:
iparosít
— to develop industry
Hungarian:
indusztrializál
— to develop industry
Ido:
industrieskar
— to develop industry
Italian:
industrializzare
— to develop industry
Latvian:
industrializēt
— to develop industry
Macedonian:
индустријализи́ра
(industrijalizíra)
— to develop industry
Norman:
îndustrialiser
— to develop industry
Polish:
industrializować
— to develop industry
Polish:
zindustrializować
— to develop industry
Polish:
uprzemysławiać
— to develop industry
Polish:
uprzemysłowiać
— to develop industry
Polish:
uprzemysłowić
— to develop industry
Portuguese:
industrializar
— to develop industry
Russian:
индустриализи́ровать
(industrializírovatʹ)
— to develop industry
Spanish:
industrializar
— to develop industry
Swedish:
industrialisera
— to develop industry
Tagalog:
kalalangin
— to develop industry
Tagalog:
isakalalang
— to develop industry
Tagalog:
sakalalangin
— to develop industry
Ukrainian:
індустріалізува́ти
(industrializuváty)
— to develop industry
Finnish:
teollistaa
— to organize along industrial lines
Ido:
industriizar
— to organize along industrial lines
Polish:
industrializować
— to organize along industrial lines
Polish:
zindustrializować
— to organize along industrial lines
Polish:
uprzemysławiać
— to organize along industrial lines
Polish:
uprzemysłowiać
— to organize along industrial lines
Polish:
uprzemysłowić
— to organize along industrial lines
