emprendre

See also: emprendré

Catalan

Alternative forms

• mamprendre (Valencia)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *imprehendere, from Latin prehendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əmˈpe̞n.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [əmˈpɾe̞n.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əmˈpən.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [əmˈpɾən.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əmˈpɛn.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [əmˈpɾɛn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [emˈpen.dɾe], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [emˈpɾen.dɾe]

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Verb

emprendre (first-person singular present emprenc, first-person singular preterite emprenguí, past participle emprès); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/(transitive)

1. to undertake

   Synonym: escometre

2. to initiate, to enter into, to embark upon

   Synonyms: iniciar, començar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of emprendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			emprendre
gerund			emprenent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		emprès		empresa
		plural		empresos		empreses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	emprenc	emprens	emprèn	emprenem	empreneu	emprenen
	imperfect	emprenia	emprenies	emprenia	empreníem	empreníeu	emprenien
	future	emprendré	emprendràs	emprendrà	emprendrem	emprendreu	emprendran
	preterite	emprenguí	emprengueres	emprengué	emprenguérem	emprenguéreu	emprengueren
	conditional	emprendria	emprendries	emprendria	emprendríem	emprendríeu	emprendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	emprengui	emprenguis	emprengui	emprenguem	emprengueu	emprenguin
	imperfect	emprengués	emprenguessis	emprengués	emprenguéssim	emprenguéssiu	emprenguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	emprèn	emprengui	emprenguem	empreneu	emprenguin
	negative (no)	—	no emprenguis	no emprengui	no emprenguem	no emprengueu	no emprenguin

Derived terms

• emprenedor
• empresa

References

• “emprendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “emprendre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “emprendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Further reading

• “emprendre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Old French

Alternative forms

• anprendre, emprandre, enprendre, enpanrre

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *imprehendere, from Latin prehendere.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /emˈpɾendɾə/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /amˈpɾandɾə/

Verb

emprendre

1. to undertake (take up a task, a duty, etc.)
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Se tu as anprise bataille

     If you have taken up a battle

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of emprendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		emprendre			avoir empris
gerund		en emprenant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		emprenant
past participle		empris
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	empreing, empren	emprenz	emprent	emprenons	emprenez	emprenent
	imperfect	emprenoie, empreneie	emprenoies, empreneies	emprenoit, empreneit	empreniiens, empreniens	empreniiez, empreniez	emprenoient, empreneient
	preterite	empris	empreṣis	emprist	empreṣimes	empreṣistes	emprisdrent
	future	emprendrai	emprendras	emprendra	emprendrons	emprendroiz, emprendreiz, emprendrez	emprendront
	conditional	emprendroie, emprendreie	emprendroies, emprendreies	emprendroit, emprendreit	emprendriiens, emprendriens	emprendriiez, emprendriez	emprendroient, emprendreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	empreigne	empreignes	empreigne	emprenons, empreigniens, empreignons	emprenez, empreigniez	empreignent
	imperfect	empreṣisse	empreṣisses	empreṣist	empreṣissons, empreṣissiens	empreṣissoiz, empreṣissez, empreṣissiez	empreṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	empren	—	emprenons	emprenez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: emprendre
• → Middle English: emprisen
  • English: emprise