entrepreneur
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from French entrepreneur (“one who undertakes or manages”), from Middle French entrepreneur, from entreprendre (“to undertake”) + -eur.
Base: entreprendre
Affixes: -eur
Inflected forms:
form: entrepreneurs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A person who organizes concerts, plays, or other entertainments; the manager of a theatre or similar venue; an impresario.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: A person who serves as an intermediary; a middleman; a go-between.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
rare
sometimes
examples: Chicago, it was, by way of compensation, beginning to take on the cosmopolitan cast of culture that it has worn ever since, as entrepreneur between the Old World and the New.
gloss: A person who manages an artist or performer; an agent.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
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:
lang: Albanian
word: sipërmarrës
lang: Southern Altai
word: аргачы
roman: argačï
lang: Arabic
word: مُتَعَهِّد
roman: mutaʕahhid
lang: Arabic
word: مُقَاوِل
roman: muqāwil
lang: Arabic
word: مُلْتَزِم
roman: multazim
lang: Arabic
word: مُنَظِّم
roman: munaẓẓim
lang: Armenian
word: ձեռներեց
roman: jeṙnerecʻ
lang: Asturian
word: entamador
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sahibkar
lang: Azerbaijani
word: iş adamı
lang: Azerbaijani
word: biznesmen
lang: Bashkir
word: эшҡыуар
roman: eşqıwar
lang: Belarusian
word: прадпрыма́льнік
roman: pradprymálʹnik
lang: Belarusian
word: прадпрыма́льніца
roman: pradprymálʹnica
lang: Belarusian
word: прадпрые́мец
roman: pradpryjémjec
lang: Bengali
word: বিনিয়োগকারী
roman: biniẏōgkari
lang: Bulgarian
word: предприема́ч
roman: predpriemáč
lang: Bulgarian
word: предприема́чка
roman: predpriemáčka
lang: Burmese
word: စွန့်ဦးတီထွင်သူ
roman: cwan.u:tihtwangsu
lang: Burmese
word: လုပ်ငန်းရှင်
roman: lupngan:hrang
lang: Catalan
word: emprenedor
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 企業家 /企业家
roman: kei⁵ jip⁶ gaa¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 企業家 /企业家
roman: qǐyèjiā
lang: Czech
word: podnikatel
lang: Czech
word: podnikatelka
lang: Danish
word: iværksætter
lang: Danish
word: entreprenør
lang: Dutch
word: ondernemer
lang: Dutch
word: entrepreneur
lang: Esperanto
word: entreprenisto
lang: Esperanto
word: aferisto
lang: Estonian
word: ettevõtja
lang: Finnish
word: yrittäjä
lang: French
word: entrepreneur
lang: French
word: entrepreneuse
lang: Georgian
word: მეწარმე
roman: mec̣arme
lang: German
word: Unternehmer
lang: German
word: Unternehmerin
lang: German
word: Entrepreneur
lang: German
word: Entrepreneurin
lang: Greek
word: επιχειρηματίας
roman: epicheirimatías
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐργολάβος
roman: ergolábos
lang: Hebrew
word: יַזָּם
roman: yazám
lang: Hindi
word: व्यवसायी
roman: vyavsāyī
lang: Hindi
word: उद्यमी
roman: udyamī
lang: Hindi
word: कारोबारी
roman: kārobārī
lang: Hungarian
word: vállalkozó
lang: Icelandic
word: framkvæmdamaður
lang: Indonesian
word: wirausaha
lang: Irish
word: fiontraí
lang: Italian
word: imprenditore
lang: Italian
word: imprenditrice
lang: Japanese
word: 企業家
roman: kigyōka
lang: Japanese
word: 起業家
roman: kigyōka
lang: Japanese
word: アントレプレナー
roman: antorepurenā
lang: Japanese
word: アントルプルヌール
roman: antorupurunūru
lang: Japanese
word: 事業家
roman: jigyōka
lang: Kazakh
word: кәсіпкер
roman: käsıpker
lang: Khmer
word: សហគ្រិន
roman: saʼhaʼkrɨn
lang: Korean
word: 기업가
roman: gieopga
lang: Korean
word: 기업인
roman: gieobin
lang: Korean
word: 사업가
roman: sa'eopga
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ишкер
roman: işker
lang: Lao
word: ຜູ້ປະກອບການ
roman: phū pa kǭp kān
lang: Latvian
word: uzņēmējs
lang: Lithuanian
word: verslininkas
lang: Lithuanian
word: verslininkė
lang: Macedonian
word: претприемач
roman: pretpriemač
lang: Macedonian
word: претприемачка
roman: pretpriemačka
lang: Malay
word: usahawan
lang: Maltese
word: imprenditur
lang: Māori
word: rakahinonga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: entreprenør
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کارآفَرین
roman: kâr-âfarin
lang: Iranian Persian
word: صاحِبکار
roman: sâheb-kâr
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کارْخانِهدار
roman: kârxâne-dâr
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Wirtschofta
lang: Polish
word: przedsiębiorca
lang: Polish
word: przedsiębiorczyni
lang: Portuguese
word: empreendedor
lang: Portuguese
word: empreendedora
lang: Romanian
word: antreprenor
lang: Romanian
word: antreprenoare
lang: Russian
word: предпринима́тель
roman: predprinimátelʹ
lang: Russian
word: предпринима́тельница
roman: predprinimátelʹnica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: предузетник
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: предузетница
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: по̏дузе̄тнӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: по̏дузе̄тница
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: preduzetnik
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: preduzetnica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pȍduzētnīk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pȍduzētnica
lang: Slovak
word: podnikateľ
lang: Slovak
word: podnikateľka
lang: Slovene
word: podjetnik
lang: Slovene
word: podjetnica
lang: Spanish
word: emprendedor
lang: Spanish
word: emprendedor comercial
lang: Spanish
word: comerciante
lang: Swahili
word: mjasiriamali
lang: Swedish
word: entreprenör
lang: Tagalog
word: maninikap
lang: Tajik
word: соҳибкор
roman: sohibkor
lang: Tajik
word: корхонадор
roman: korxonador
lang: Tajik
word: корофрин
roman: korofrin
lang: Tajik
word: корофарин
roman: korofarin
lang: Tatar
word: эшкуар
roman: eşquwar
lang: Thai
word: ผู้ประกอบการ
roman: pûu-bprà-gɔ̀ɔp-gaan
lang: Turkish
word: atılımcı
lang: Turkish
word: girişimci
lang: Turkish
word: müteşebbis
lang: Turkmen
word: telekeçi
lang: Ukrainian
word: підприє́мець
roman: pidpryjémecʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: підприє́мниця
roman: pidpryjémnycja
lang: Urdu
word: کَاروبارِی
roman: kārobārī
lang: Uyghur
word: كارخانىچى
roman: karxanichi
lang: Uzbek
word: tadbirkor
lang: Vietnamese
word: chủ doanh nghiệp
lang: Welsh
word: entrepreneur
lang: Welsh
word: dyn busnes
lang: Catalan
word: emprenedor
lang: Czech
word: podnikatel
lang: Czech
word: podnikavec
lang: Finnish
word: yrittäjä
lang: Greek
word: εργολάβος
roman: ergolávos
lang: Hindi
word: उद्यमी
roman: udyamī
lang: Japanese
word: 冒険家
roman: bōkenka
lang: Spanish
word: emprendedor
lang: Finnish
word: yrittäjä