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entrepreneur en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/ (Canada)
• /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnʊɚ/ (US)
• /ˌɑ̃.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/
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• /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from French entrepreneur (“one who undertakes or manages”), from Middle French entrepreneur, from entreprendre (“to undertake”) + -eur.

Meanings

1. A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
   • Every rail company worth its salt wanted to connect with London. Interestingly, it was largely that way around - provincial entrepreneurs wanting to connect with the capital, rather than London capitalists seeking to spread outwards. 2021 January 13, Christian Wolmar, “Read all about London's Cathedrals of Steam”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 62:
2. (archaic) A person who organizes concerts, plays, or other entertainments; the manager of a theatre or similar venue; an impresario.
3. (figuratively, rare, sometimes) A person who serves as an intermediary; a middleman; a go-between.
   • Chicago, it was, by way of compensation, beginning to take on the cosmopolitan cast of culture that it has worn ever since, as entrepreneur between the Old World and the New. 1938, Federal Writers' Project, “Market Place for Words”, in New York Panorama: A Comprehensive View of the Metropolis …, New York: Random House, page 172:
4. (obsolete) A person who manages an artist or performer; an agent.

Forms

Deriveds

entreporneur · entrepreneurialism · pastorpreneur · momtrepreneur · -preneur · intrapreneur · entrepreneurial customer · entreprenertia · mumpreneur · wantrepreneur · teenpreneur · homepreneur · social entrepreneur · fakepreneur · entrepreneurial · webpreneur · enterprise · entrepreneurially · seniorpreneur · infopreneur · agripreneur · artpreneur · entrepreneurship · ganjapreneur · regulatory entrepreneur · microentrepreneur · technopreneur · fantrepreneur · tenderpreneur · ecopreneur · entrepreneurism · interprender · philanthropreneur · entreprenerd · entrepreneuring · bioentrepreneur · unorthodox entrepreneur

Relateds

entrepreneuse

Translations (129)

da entreprenør (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · fa-ira صاحِبکار (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ar رَائِد أَعْمال مُتَعَهِّد (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · sh pȍduzētnīk (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · nb entreprenør (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · sl podjetnik (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · sk podnikateľka (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · my စွန့်ဦးတီထွင်သူ (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · tr atılımcı (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ro antreprenoare (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · az sahibkar (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ug كارخانىچى (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · eo entreprenisto (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · th ผู้ประกอบการ (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · fi yrittäjä (person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur) · sh preduzetnica (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · de Unternehmer (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ky ишкер (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ar مُنَظِّم (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ast entamador (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · mk претприемач (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ur کَاروبارِی (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · pdt Wirtschofta (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ka მეწარმე (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · is framkvæmdamaður (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · hy ձեռներեց (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ko 사업가 (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · cy dyn busnes (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · grc ἐργολάβος (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · be прадпрыма́льніца (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · cmn 企業家 /企业家 (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ca emprenedor (person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur) · az iş adamı (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · cs podnikavec (person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur) · lt verslininkas (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · bg предприема́ч (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · lv uzņēmējs (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · be прадпрыма́льнік (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · hi व्यवसायी (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · bn বিনিয়োগকারী (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ms usahawan (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · bg предприема́чка (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · pt empreendedora (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ja 起業家 (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · cs podnikatelka (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · it imprenditore (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · de Entrepreneur (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · et ettevõtja (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ja 企業家 (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · kk кәсіпкер (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · cy entrepreneur (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · fa-ira کارآفَرین (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · sk podnikateľ (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · tr girişimci (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · cs podnikatel (person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur) · my လုပ်ငန်းရှင် (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · el επιχειρηματίας (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · tg соҳибкор (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · alt аргачы (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · tr müteşebbis (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · tg корофарин (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · da iværksætter (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ba эшҡыуар (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · fa-ira کارْخانِهدار (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · es emprendedor (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ko 기업인 (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · km សហគ្រិន (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · lt verslininkė (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · nl entrepreneur (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · mi rakahinonga (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ar مُقَاوِل m مُلْتَزِم (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ru предпринима́тель (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ro antreprenor (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ja アントルプルヌール (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · sv entreprenör (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · he יַזָּם (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · yue 企業家 /企业家 (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · sq sipërmarrës (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · pt empreendedor (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · es emprendedor comercial (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · pl przedsiębiorca (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · tg корхонадор (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · mt imprenditur (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ga fiontraí (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · es emprendedor (person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur) · sh по̏дузе̄тнӣк (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · sh предузетница (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · uz tadbirkor (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · id wirausaha (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ja 冒険家 (person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur) · fr entrepreneuse (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · hi उद्यमी (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · hi कारोबारी (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ko 기업가 (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · hu vállalkozó (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · de Entrepreneurin (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · uk підприє́мець (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ca emprenedor (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · tt эшкуар (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · eo aferisto (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · tk telekeçi (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · cs podnikatel (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · uk підприє́мниця (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · sh предузетник (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ja 事業家 (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · es comerciante (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · fi yrittäjä (person who strives for success and takes on risk by starting his own venture, service etc.) · ja アントレプレナー (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · be прадпрые́мец (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · sw mjasiriamali (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · az biznesmen (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · tg корофрин (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · nl ondernemer (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · sh по̏дузе̄тница (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · ru предпринима́тельница (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · vi chủ doanh nghiệp (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · el εργολάβος (person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur) · mk претприемачка (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · fi yrittäjä (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · sh preduzetnik (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · lo ຜູ້ປະກອບການ (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · pl przedsiębiorczyni (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · it imprenditrice (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · hi उद्यमी (person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur) · sh pȍduzētnica (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · de Unternehmerin (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · sl podjetnica (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · tl maninikap (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk) · fr entrepreneur (person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk)