entrepreneurial

English

Etymology

From entrepreneur +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː.ɹi.əl/
  • (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.i.əl/, /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnʊɹ.i.əl/
    • Audio (US); /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.i.əl/:(file)
    • Audio (US); /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnʊɹ.i.əl/:(file)
  • (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.i.əl/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɔn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː.ɹi.əl/

Adjective

entrepreneurial (comparative more entrepreneurial, superlative most entrepreneurial)

  1. Having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising.
    • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:
      Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King.
    • 2021 November 17, Anthony Lambert, “How do we grow the leisure market?”, in RAIL, number 944, page 37:
      It is a canard trotted out by lazy or tendentious journalists that nationalised British Railways lacked entrepreneurial flair.

Derived terms

Translations

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

entrepreneurial (feminine entrepreneuriale, masculine plural entrepreneuriaux, feminine plural entrepreneuriales)

  1. entrepreneurial