entrepreneurial

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English entrepreneur

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisder.

Old French -ialder.

Middle English -ial

English -ial

English entrepreneurial

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/
• (Australia) 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

• entrepreneurial customer
• 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)
• Macedonian: претприемнички (pretpriemnički)
• Māori: rakahinonga
• Polish: przedsiębiorczy (pl) m
• Russian: предпринима́тельский (ru) (predprinimátelʹskij)
• Spanish: emprendedor (es), emprendiente
• Swedish: entreprenöriell

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁə.nœ.ʁjal/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

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

1. entrepreneurial