noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜːʃɪp/
US:/ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.ʃɪp/
US:/ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnʊɚ.ʃɪp/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:AA2 N T R AH0 P R AH0 N ER1 SH IH0 P
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The art or science of innovation and risk-taking for profit in business.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The quality of being an entrepreneur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English entrepreneur Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English entrepreneurship From entrepreneur + -ship.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bashkir:
эшҡыуарлыҡ
(eşqıwarlıq)
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Catalan:
emprenedoria
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Chinese Mandarin:
創業 /创业
(chuàngyè)
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Finnish:
yrittäjyys
— quality of being an entrepreneur
French:
entrepreneuriat
— quality of being an entrepreneur
German:
Unternehmertum
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Hindi:
उद्यमिता
(udyamitā)
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Hungarian:
vállalkozás
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Hungarian:
vállalkozói tevékenység
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Hungarian:
vállalkozószellem
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Hungarian:
vállalkozói szellem
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Hungarian:
vállalkozókedv
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Hungarian:
vállalkozási kedv
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Hungarian:
vállalkozási készség
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Indonesian:
kewirausahaan
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Italian:
imprenditorialità
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Italian:
spirito imprenditoriale
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Italian:
imprenditoria
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Japanese:
起業
(kigyō)
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Kazakh:
кәсіпкерлік
(käsıpkerlık)
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Malay:
keusahawanan
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Māori:
rakahinongatanga
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Polish:
przedsiębiorczość
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Portuguese:
empreendedorismo
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Russian:
предпринима́тельство
(predprinimátelʹstvo)
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Spanish:
emprendedorismo
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Spanish:
espíritu emprendedor
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Spanish:
espíritu empresarial
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Spanish:
empresarialidad
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Swahili:
ujasiriamali
— quality of being an entrepreneur
Turkish:
girişimcilik
— quality of being an entrepreneur
