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Entrepreneurial Pronunciation
Entrepreneurial is pronounced ahn-truh-pruh-NUR-ee-uhl, IPA /ˌɑntrəprəˈnɝiəl/.
ahn-truh-pruh-NUR-ee-uhl
US /ˌɑntrəprəˈnɝiəl/ · UK /ˌɒntrɪprɪˈnjuːrɪəl/
Syllables: ahn · truh · pruh · NUR · ee · uhl (6 syllables, stress on syllable 4)
adjective: Showing the willingness to start a business and take on its risks.
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Entrepreneurial in a Sentence
- The city has a strongly entrepreneurial culture.
- She brought an entrepreneurial streak to a very slow department.
- Entrepreneurial courses are now part of the business degree.
Common Mispronunciations of Entrepreneurial
Not on-truh-pruh-NOO-ree-uhl
The neur carries an ur sound, as in nurse and burn. Spelling it out as noo loses the r colour that the rest of the word leans on.
Not en-truh-pruh-NUR-yuhl
Six syllables, and the ial at the end is two of them. Let ee and uhl each have their moment instead of folding them together.
Tip: Say entrepreneur, then add ee-uhl without moving the beat: ahn-truh-pruh-NUR-ee-uhl.
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