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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