Phrase guide

light industry

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Any industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: թեթեւ արդյունաբերություն (tʻetʻew ardyunaberutʻyun) — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Belarusian: лёгкая прамысло́васць (ljóhkaja pramyslóvascʹ) — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Bulgarian: ле́ка проми́шленост (léka promíšlenost) — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Catalan: indústria lleugera — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輕工業 /轻工业 (qīnggōngyè) — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輕工 /轻工 (qīnggōng) — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Crimean Tatar: yengil sanayı — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Czech: lehký průmysl — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Esperanto: malpeza industrio — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Estonian: kergetööstus — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Finnish: kevyt teollisuus — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • French: industrie légère — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Georgian: მსუბუქი მრეწველობა (msubuki mrec̣veloba) — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Georgian: მსუბუქი ინდუსტრია (msubuki indusṭria) — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • German: Leichtindustrie — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Hungarian: könnyűipar — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Indonesian: industri ringan — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Japanese: 軽工業 (keikōgyō) — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Kazakh: жеңіл өнеркәсіп (jeñıl önerkäsıp) — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Korean: 경공업 (gyeonggong'eop) — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Latvian: vieglā rūpniecība — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Lithuanian: lengvoji pramonė — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Macedonian: лека индустрија (leka industrija) — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Malay: perindustrian ringan — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Persian: صنایع سبک — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Polish: przemysł lekki — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Portuguese: indústria leve — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Romanian: industrie ușoară — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Russian: лёгкая промы́шленность (ljóxkaja promýšlennostʹ) — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Spanish: industria ligera — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery
  • Ukrainian: ле́гка промисло́вість (léhka promyslóvistʹ) — industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery