entrepreneur
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French entrepreneur.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/, /ˌɑ̃.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/[1]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnʊɚ/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]entrepreneur (plural entrepreneurs)
- A person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk.
- 2021 January 13, Christian Wolmar, “Read all about London's Cathedrals of Steam”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 62:
- 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.
- A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.
- A person who strives for success and takes on risk by starting their own venture, service, etc.
Derived terms
[edit]- agripreneur
- artpreneur
- bioentrepreneur
- ecopreneur
- enterprise
- entreporneur
- entreprenerd
- entreprenertia
- entrepreneurial
- entrepreneurialism
- entrepreneurially
- entrepreneuring
- entrepreneurism
- entrepreneurship
- fakepreneur
- fantrepreneur
- ganjapreneur
- homepreneur
- infopreneur
- interprender
- intrapreneur
- microentrepreneur
- momtrepreneur
- mumpreneur
- pastorpreneur
- philanthropreneur
- -preneur
- regulatory entrepreneur
- seniorpreneur
- social entrepreneur
- technopreneur
- teenpreneur
- tenderpreneur
- unorthodox entrepreneur
- wantrepreneur
- webpreneur
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk
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person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur
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person who strives for success and takes on risk by starting his own venture, service etc.
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References
[edit]- ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From entreprendre + -eur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]entrepreneur m (plural entrepreneurs, feminine entrepreneuse)
- entrepreneur (person who organizes and operates a business venture)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: entrepreneur
- → Polish: przedsiębiorca, przedsiębierca (obsolete) (calque)
- → Kashubian: przedsãbiérca
- → Romanian: antreprenor
- → Spanish: emprendedor (calque)
Further reading
[edit]- “entrepreneur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French entrepreneur.
Noun
[edit]entrepreneur (first-person possessive entrepreneurku, second-person possessive entrepreneurmu, third-person possessive entrepreneurnya)
- entrepreneur (person who organizes and operates a business venture)
- Synonyms: wirausaha, wirausahawan, wiraswasta
Further reading
[edit]- “entrepreneur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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