start-up

See also: startup, Start-up, and start up

English

Etymology

Deverbal from start up.

Noun

start-up (countable and uncountable, plural start-ups)

1. Alternative spelling of startup.
   • 2026 July 22, Richard Wilcock, “Open Access: only possible for the giants?”, in RAIL, number 1066, page 23:

     […] a new peak-time bus service from Stroud to London was announced by a start-up company with the stated aim of combatting the lack of affordable travel options in the area.

Anagrams

• upstart

Polish

Alternative forms

• startup, start up

Etymology

Etymology tree

English start updeverb.

English start-upubor.

Polish start-up

Unadapted borrowing from English start-up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstart.ap/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -artap
• Syllabification: start-‧up

Noun

start-up m inan

1. startup (new company, organization, or business venture designed for rapid growth)

Declension

Declension of start-up

	singular	plural
nominative	start-up	start-upy
genitive	start-upu	start-upów
dative	start-upowi	start-upom
accusative	start-up	start-upy
instrumental	start-upem	start-upami
locative	start-upie	start-upach
vocative	start-upie	start-upy

Derived terms

nouns

• start-uper
• start-uperka
• start-upowiec

Further reading

• “start-up”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “start-up”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Noun

start-up f (plural start-ups)

1. alternative spelling of startup

Further reading

• “start-up”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Noun

start-up m (plural start-ups)

1. alternative form of startup