entrepreneur

Borrowed from French entrepreneur.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/, /ˌɑ̃.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/[1]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnʊɚ/

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entrepreneur (plural entrepreneurs)

1. 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.

2. A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.
3. A person who strives for success and takes on risk by starting their own venture, service, etc.

• entrepreneuse

From entreprendre +‎ -eur.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁə.nœʁ/

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entrepreneur m (plural entrepreneurs, feminine entrepreneuse)

1. entrepreneur (person who organizes and operates a business venture)

• entrepreneuse

• → English: entrepreneur
• → Polish: przedsiębiorca, przedsiębierca (calque)
  • → Kashubian: przedsãbiérca
• → Romanian: antreprenor
• → Spanish: emprendedor (calque)

• “entrepreneur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.