entrepreneurial
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From entrepreneur + -ial.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (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/
Adjective
[edit]entrepreneurial (comparative more entrepreneurial, superlative most entrepreneurial)
- 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.
entrepreneurial
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising
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Adjective
[edit]entrepreneurial (feminine entrepreneuriale, masculine plural entrepreneuriaux, feminine plural entrepreneuriales)