entrepreneurial
/ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.i.əl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "It is a canard trotted out by lazy or tendentious journalists that nationalised British Railways lacked entrepreneurial flair."
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.i.əl/
- British English: /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː.ɹi.əl/
Inflected Forms
more entrepreneurial (comparative)
most entrepreneurial (superlative)