Phrase guide

means of production

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Marxism, plural, plural-only

Topics: economics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: MOP

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

In English by 1733 in Peter Shaw, The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Vol III, p. 52, noted: "Observe, what has been fully explained in the Novum Organum; that to discover the Causes of Things, is finding the Means to produce them, whence Causes, and the Means of Production are convertible terms."

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَسَائِل الْإِنْتَاج (wasāʔil al-ʔintāj) — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Catalan: mitjans de producció — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生產資料 /生产资料 (shēngchǎn zīliào) — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生產工具 /生产工具 (shēngchǎn gōngjù) — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Danish: produktionsmiddel — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Esperanto: produktadrimedoj — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Finnish: tuotantoväline — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • French: moyens de production — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Georgian: საწარმო საშუალებები (sac̣armo sašualebebi) — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • German: Produktionsmittel — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Greek: μέσα παραγωγής (mésa paragogís) — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Hungarian: termelőeszköz — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Italian: mezzi di produzione — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Japanese: 生産手段 (seisanshudan) — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Korean: 생산수단 (saengsansudan) — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Latvian: ražošanas līdzekļi — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Mongolian: үйлдвэрлэлийн хэрэгсэл (üjldverleliin xeregsel) — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Polish: środki produkcji — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Portuguese: meios de produção — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Punjabi: ਉਤਪਾਦਨ ਦੇ ਸਾਧਨ (utapādan de sādhan) — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Punjabi: ਉਤਪਾਦਨ ਕਾਰਕ (utapādan kārak) — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Romanian: mijloace de producție — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Russian: сре́дство произво́дства (srédstvo proizvódstva) — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Serbo-Croatian: srèdstva proizvòdnje — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Spanish: medios de producción — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Swedish: produktionsmedel — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Ukrainian: за́соби виробни́цтва (zásoby vyrobnýctva) — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
  • Vietnamese: tư liệu sản xuất — combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor