industriell

Industriell is a Swedish adjective meaning related to industry, manufacturing, or industrial processes. It is used across fields such as economics, engineering, design, and architecture to describe things connected with production, machinery, or large‑scale industry. The term appears in phrases like industriell design, industriell produktion, and industriell automation, as well as in discussions of the industrial era and related aesthetics.

Etymology and usage notes: Industriell derives from the Latin industria, via French industriel and English industrial, and has been adopted into Swedish to denote things pertaining to industry. In Swedish grammar, its inflection follows standard adjective patterns: industriellt for neuter adjectives, industriella for plural forms, and the definite forms such as den industriella revolutionen or de industriella revolutionerna when referring to the industrial revolution in Swedish.

Contexts and examples: In economic and historical discourse, industriell is used to distinguish manufacturing-oriented activities from service or scientific domains. In design and architecture, the term is common in discussions of industrial design, industrial aesthetics, and industrial architecture, where emphasis is placed on function, machinery, and the use of industrial materials like metal and concrete. The concept also appears in everyday language to describe processes, tools, or environments associated with factories and mass production.

See also: industrialization, industrial design, industrial architecture, industrial sociology.

Notes: While the word is most often used in Swedish, parallel terms exist in other languages (industriell in Swedish, industriel in French, industrial in English) reflecting shared roots in industry and production.