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industrielle

Industrielle is the feminine form of the French adjective industriel, meaning related to industry or manufacturing. As an adjective, it is used to describe things associated with production, factories, and the industrial sector, in phrases such as production industrielle, économie industrielle, or parc industriel.

As a noun, une industrielle denotes a female industrialist—someone who owns or runs an industrial enterprise.

The term is central to discussions of industrialization and the organization of economies around manufacturing. It

Overall, industrielle functions as both a descriptor of industrial phenomena in French and a gendered noun

This
usage
reflects
the
gendered
noun
system
of
French,
where
the
masculine
industriel
corresponds
to
an
industrialist
and
the
feminine
industrielle
to
a
woman
in
that
role.
In
broader
contexts,
the
feminine
form
can
also
surface
in
discussions
about
women
who
participate
prominently
in
industry
and
business
leadership.
appears
in
historical
analyses
of
the
Industrial
Revolution,
when
factory-based
production
expanded
and
reshaped
cities,
labor,
and
urban
life.
In
contemporary
discourse,
industrielles
are
referenced
in
analyses
of
modern
manufacturing,
supply
chains,
and
industrial
policy,
as
well
as
in
regional
terms
such
as
parc
industriel
(industrial
park)
and
industrie
lourde
(heavy
industry).
identifying
a
woman
involved
in
industry,
reflecting
the
language’s
connections
between
gender
and
occupational
terms.