English Explanatory Dictionary

entrepreneur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
  2. A person who organizes concerts, plays, or other entertainments; the manager of a theatre or similar venue; an impresario.
  3. A person who serves as an intermediary; a middleman; a go-between.
  4. A person who manages an artist or performer; an agent.

Pronunciation

/ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/ /ˌɑ̃.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/ /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/ /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnʊɚ/ en-us-entrepreneur.ogg

Word forms

entrepreneur entrepreneurs

Etymology

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

Related words

entrepreneuse

Derived words

agripreneur artpreneur bioentrepreneur ecopreneur enterprise entreporneur entreprenerd entreprenertia entrepreneurial entrepreneurial customer 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

Translations

Albanian: sipërmarrës Southern Altai: аргачы Arabic: مُتَعَهِّد Arabic: مُقَاوِل Arabic: مُلْتَزِم Arabic: مُنَظِّم Armenian: ձեռներեց Azerbaijani: sahibkar Azerbaijani: iş adamı Azerbaijani: biznesmen Bashkir: эшҡыуар Belarusian: прадпрыма́льнік Belarusian: прадпрыма́льніца Belarusian: прадпрые́мец Bengali: বিনিয়োগকারী Bulgarian: предприема́ч Bulgarian: предприема́чка Burmese: စွန့်ဦးတီထွင်သူ Burmese: လုပ်ငန်းရှင် Catalan: emprenedor Chinese Cantonese: 企業家 /企业家 Chinese Mandarin: 企業家 /企业家 Czech: podnikatel Czech: podnikatelka Czech: podnikavec Danish: iværksætter Danish: entreprenør Dutch: ondernemer Dutch: entrepreneur Esperanto: entreprenisto Esperanto: aferisto Estonian: ettevõtja Finnish: yrittäjä French: entrepreneur French: entrepreneuse Georgian: მეწარმე German: Unternehmer German: Unternehmerin German: Entrepreneur German: Entrepreneurin Greek: επιχειρηματίας Greek: εργολάβος Ancient Greek: ἐργολάβος Hebrew: יַזָּם Hindi: व्यवसायी Hindi: उद्यमी Hindi: कारोबारी Hungarian: vállalkozó Icelandic: framkvæmdamaður Indonesian: wirausaha Irish: fiontraí Italian: imprenditore Italian: imprenditrice Japanese: 企業家 Japanese: 起業家 Japanese: アントレプレナー Japanese: アントルプルヌール Japanese: 事業家 Japanese: 冒険家 Kazakh: кәсіпкер Khmer: សហគ្រិន Korean: 기업가 Korean: 기업인 Korean: 사업가 Kyrgyz: ишкер Lao: ຜູ້ປະກອບການ Latvian: uzņēmējs Lithuanian: verslininkas Lithuanian: verslininkė Macedonian: претприемач Macedonian: претприемачка
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