entrepreneur

B2 Topic:Business & Commerce

US /ˌɑ̃.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/ UK /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/ See IPA manual

Freq #14535

Meanings

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noun
A person who starts and runs a business, taking on its financial risks.

The young entrepreneur opened three cafés in just two years.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who starts and... enterpriser

Word family

Forms entrepreneurs

Derived forms agripreneurartpreneurbioentrepreneurecopreneurenterpriseentreporneurentreprenerdentreprenertiaentrepreneurialentrepreneurialismentrepreneuriallyentrepreneuring

Related forms entrepreneuse

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theatrical entrepreneur
a person who organizes and finances business ventures in live theatre

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Entrepreneur entered English from French in the early 19th century. It comes from entreprendre, “to undertake,” and initially referred in English to the director of a musical institution.

Etymology

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

entrepreneur Middle French

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Business & Commerce

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# entrepreneur

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɑ̃.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/
**Frequency rank:** 14535

## Meanings
1. A person who starts and runs a business, taking on its financial risks.

## Examples
- The young entrepreneur opened three cafés in just two years.

## Derived Forms
- agripreneur
- artpreneur
- bioentrepreneur
- ecopreneur
- enterprise
- entreporneur
- entreprenerd
- entreprenertia
- entrepreneurial
- entrepreneurialism
- entrepreneurially
- entrepreneuring

## Related Forms
- entrepreneuse

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: entrepreneur

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

## AI Etymology
Entrepreneur is borrowed from French entrepreneur (“one who undertakes or manages”), from Middle French entrepreneur, from entreprendre (“to undertake”) + -eur. In current use, the main sense is “A person who starts and runs a business, taking on its financial risks”.

## Topics
- Business & Commerce

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