entrepreneur

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• (RP) IPA: /ˌɒntɹəpɹəˈnɜː/

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Etymology

From French entrepreneur.

Noun

entrepreneur (plural entrepreneurs)

1. A person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk.
2. A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.

Related terms

• entrepreneuring
• entrepreneurship
• entrepreneurialism
• entrepreneurial
• entrepreneurially
• intrapreneur

Translations

person who organizes and operates a business and assumes the associated risk

Bulgarian: предприемач (bg) (predpriemáč) m. Czech: podnikatel (cs) m. Dutch: ondernemer (nl) Esperanto: entreprenisto (eo) Estonian: ettevõtja Finnish: yrittäjä (fi) German: Unternehmer (de) m. Greek: επιχειρηματίας (el) (epicheirimatías) m. and f. Hebrew: יזם (he) m. (yazām)

Hungarian: vállalkozó (hu) Italian: imprenditore (it) Japanese: 企業家 (ja) (kigyōka) Polish: przedsiębiorca (pl) m. Portuguese: empreendedor (pt) m. Romanian: antreprenor (ro) m., întreprinzător (ro) m. Slovak: podnikateľ (sk) m. Thai: เจ้าของกิจการ (th)

A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.

Greek: εργολάβος (el) (ergolávos) m. and f.

Japanese: 冒険家 (ja) (bōkenka)

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Serbo-Croatian: poduzetnik French: entrepreneur m. Italian: imprenditore m.

Spanish: emprendedor m. Swedish: företagare c.

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French

Etymology

entreprendre + -eur

Pronunciation

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Noun

entrepreneur m. (plural entrepreneurs)

1. An entrepreneur