entrepreneurial

English

Etymology

From entrepreneur +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː.ɹi.əl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑn.tɹə.prəˈnɝ.i.əl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɔn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː.ɹi.əl/

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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

• entrepreneurialism
• entrepreneurially
• intrapreneurial
• microentrepreneurial
• nonentrepreneurial
• technopreneurial
• unentrepreneurial

Translations

having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising

• French: entreprenant (fr), entrepreneur (fr), entrepreneurial (fr)
• German: unternehmerisch (de)
• Italian: imprenditoriale (it)
• Maori: rakahinonga
• Polish: przedsiębiorczy (pl) m
• Spanish: emprendedor (es)
• Swedish: entreprenöriell

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

1. entrepreneurial