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manifatturiero

manufacturing

adjective mah-nee-faht-too-RYEH-roh Less Common

Origin: From manifattura (manufacture), from Latin manu factus (made by hand).

Also means

industrial

Usage Note

Manifatturiero is primarily an economic and statistical term: settore manifatturiero (manufacturing sector), produzione manifatturiera (industrial output). It is rarely used in everyday conversation and is most at home in business journalism, official reports, and economic analysis.

Examples

"Il settore manifatturiero è in crescita."

Natural Translation

The manufacturing sector is growing.

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