Phrase guide

mass production

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of manufacturing products on a large scale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flow production

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: production

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: producció en sèrie — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大量生產 /大量生产 (dàliàng shēngchǎn) — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大規模生產 /大规模生产 (dàguīmó shēngchǎn) — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Dutch: massaproductie — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Finnish: massatuotanto — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Finnish: suurtuotanto — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Finnish: sarjatuotanto — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • German: Massenproduktion — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Hungarian: tömeggyártás — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Hungarian: sorozatgyártás — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Irish: olltáirgeacht — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Irish: olltáirgeadh — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Italian: produzione di massa — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Japanese: 大量生産 (tairyō seisan) — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Japanese: 量産 (ryōsan) — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Korean: 대량생산 (daeryangsaengsan) — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Māori: whakaputanga ngahue — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Polish: produkcja masowa — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Portuguese: produção em massa — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Russian: ма́ссовое произво́дство (mássovoje proizvódstvo) — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Russian: пото́чное произво́дство (potóčnoje proizvódstvo) — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Russian: сери́йное произво́дство (seríjnoje proizvódstvo) — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Spanish: producción masiva — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Spanish: fabricación serial — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Spanish: manufacturación masificada — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Spanish: manifactura multitudinaria — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Swedish: massproduktion — process of manufacturing products on a large scale
  • Ukrainian: ма́сове виробни́цтво (másove vyrobnýctvo) — process of manufacturing products on a large scale