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aciérie

steelworks

noun ah-syeh-REE Rare

Also means

steel mill

Usage Note

aciérie is the industrial facility where steel (acier) is produced. The suffix -erie is productive in French for denoting a place where something is made or sold. A worker in an aciérie is an aciériste.

Examples

"L'aciérie emploie des centaines d'ouvriers."

Natural Translation

The steelworks employs hundreds of workers.

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