primary sector

English

Noun

primary sector (plural primary sectors)

1. (economics) The sector of the economy that principally produces raw materials for use by other sectors.

Hyponyms

• agriculture
• mining

Coordinate terms

• secondary sector
• tertiary sector

Related terms

• primary industry

Translations

Translations

Chinese: Mandarin: 第一產業 / 第一产业 (zh) (dì-yī chǎnyè) Dutch: primaire sector m Finnish: alkutuotanto (fi), alkutuotantosektori Greek: πρωτογενής τομέας m (protogenís toméas) Japanese: 第一次産業 (ja) (daīchi-ji sangyō) Maori: rāngai mātāmua Norwegian: Bokmål: primærnæring m or f Nynorsk: primærnæring f