"industrious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈdʌstɹi.əs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-industrious.wav [US] Forms: more industrious [comparative], most industrious [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French industrieux, from Late Latin industriosus (“diligent, active, industrious”), from Latin industria (“diligence, industry”); see industry. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|industrieux}} Middle French industrieux, {{der|en|LL.|industriosus||diligent, active, industrious}} Late Latin industriosus (“diligent, active, industrious”), {{der|en|la|industria||diligence, industry}} Latin industria (“diligence, industry”), {{m|en|industry}} industry Head templates: {{en-adj}} industrious (comparative more industrious, superlative most industrious)
  1. Hard-working and persistent. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: industrious, assiduous, diligent, sedulous, notable, painstaking, hard-working, worksome Derived forms: industriously, industriousness, overindustrious, superindustrious, unindustrious Related terms: industrial, industry, active, obstinate Translations (hard-working and persistent): φιλόπονος (philóponos) (Ancient Greek), φιλεργός (philergós) (Ancient Greek), مُجْتَهِد (mujtahid) (Arabic), աշխատասեր (ašxataser) (Armenian), işgüzar (Azerbaijani), əməksevər (Azerbaijani), эшсән (eşsən) (Bashkir), егәрле (yegərle) (Bashkir), працаві́ты (pracavíty) (Belarusian), стара́нны (staránny) (Belarusian), руплі́вы (ruplívy) (Belarusian), пі́льны (pílʹny) (Belarusian), трудолюби́в (trudoljubív) (Bulgarian), работли́в (rabotlív) (Bulgarian), приле́жен (priléžen) (Bulgarian), усъ́рден (usǎ́rden) (Bulgarian), стара́телен (starátelen) (Bulgarian), 刻苦 (kèkǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 耐勞 (Chinese Mandarin), 耐劳 (nàiláo) (Chinese Mandarin), 努力 (nǔlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 勤奮 (Chinese Mandarin), 勤奋 (qínfèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 勤勞 (Chinese Mandarin), 勤劳 (qínláo) (Chinese Mandarin), 勤勉 (qínmiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), pilný [masculine] (Czech), arbejdsom (Danish), ihærdig (Danish), flitig (Danish), ijverig (Dutch), vlijtig (Dutch), laborema (Esperanto), ahkera (Finnish), industrieux (French), diligent (French), შრომისმოყვარე (šromismoq̇vare) (Georgian), მშრომელი (mšromeli) (Georgian), fleißig (German), arbeitsam (German), eifrig (German), मेहनती (mehnatī) (Hindi), töökäs (Ingrian), tábhachtach (Irish), saothrach (Irish), industrioso (Italian), laborioso (Italian), 勤勉 (kinben) (alt: きんべん) (Japanese), 부지런하다 (bujireonhada) (Korean), 근면하다 (geunmyeonhada) (Korean), эмгекчил (emgekcil) (Kyrgyz), sēdulus (Latin), industrius (Latin), labōriōsus (Latin), centīgs (Latvian), cītīgs (Latvian), uzcītīgs (Latvian), strādīgs (Latvian), усрден (usrden) (Macedonian), трудољубив (trudoljubiv) (Macedonian), ᡴᡳᠴᡝᠪᡝ (kicebe) (Manchu), houhere (Maori), mamahi (Maori), ahuwhenua (Maori), pukumahi (Maori), ahunui (Maori), ringa tōhaunui (Maori), تخشا (toxšâ) (Persian), pilny [masculine] (Polish), industrioso (Portuguese), trabalhador (Portuguese), esforçado (Portuguese), laborioso (Portuguese), diligente (Portuguese), industrios (Romanian), harnic (Romanian), laborios (Romanian), приле́жный (priléžnyj) [masculine] (Russian), усе́рдный (usérdnyj) [masculine] (Russian), трудолюби́вый (trudoljubívyj) [masculine] (Russian), работя́щий (rabotjáščij) [masculine] (Russian), dèanadach (Scottish Gaelic), трудољубив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), марљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), trudoljubiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), marljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), pilný (Slovak), pracovitý (Slovak), usilovný (Slovak), aplicado (Spanish), trabajador (Spanish), laborioso (Spanish), empeñoso (Spanish), afanoso (Spanish), industrioso (Spanish), diligente (Spanish), flitig (Swedish), ihärdig (Swedish), idog (Swedish), sipag (Tagalog), gayretli (Turkish), стара́нний (staránnyj) (Ukrainian), пи́льний (pýlʹnyj) (Ukrainian), рете́льний (retélʹnyj) (Ukrainian), میہنتی (mehnatī) (Urdu), chăm chỉ (Vietnamese)

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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "word": "შრომისმოყვარე"
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          "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
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          "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
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          "word": "ringa tōhaunui"
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          "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
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          "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
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      "word": "працаві́ты"
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      "code": "be",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "стара́телен"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "刻苦"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "勤奮"
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      "word": "flitig"
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      "word": "შრომისმოყვარე"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "მშრომელი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "izh",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "saothrach"
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      "code": "it",
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    {
      "alt": "きんべん",
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      "roman": "kinben",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "勤勉"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "bujireonhada",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "부지런하다"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
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      "word": "sēdulus"
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      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
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      "roman": "kicebe",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "ᡴᡳᠴᡝᠪᡝ"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "houhere"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "ringa tōhaunui"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "toxšâ",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "تخشا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pilny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "industrioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "trabalhador"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "esforçado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "laborioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "diligente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "industrios"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "harnic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "laborios"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priléžnyj",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приле́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usérdnyj",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "усе́рдный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trudoljubívyj",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трудолюби́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rabotjáščij",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "работя́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "dèanadach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "трудољубив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "марљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "trudoljubiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "marljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "pilný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "pracovitý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "usilovný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "aplicado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "trabajador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "laborioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "empeñoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "afanoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "industrioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "diligente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "flitig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "ihärdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "idog"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "sipag"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "gayretli"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "staránnyj",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "стара́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pýlʹnyj",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "пи́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "retélʹnyj",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "рете́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "mehnatī",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "میہنتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "hard-working and persistent",
      "word": "chăm chỉ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "industrious"
}

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