entrepreneur

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French entrepreneur (“one who undertakes or manages”), from Middle French entrepreneur, from entreprendre (“to undertake”) +‎ -eur. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnʊɚ/ IPA(key): /ˌɑ̃.tɹə.pɹəˈnœ˞/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ) === Noun === entrepreneur (plural entrepreneurs) A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks. [from 1762] (now rare) A person who organizes concerts, plays, or other entertainments; the manager of a theatre or similar venue; an impresario. [from 1800] (rare, sometimes figurative) A person who serves as an intermediary; a middleman; a go-between. (obsolete) A person who manages an artist or performer; an agent. [1851–1887] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== entrepreneuse ==== Translations ==== === References === “entrepreneur, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. Philip Babcock Gove et al., editors (1961), “entrepreneur”, in Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged [...], volume I: A to G, Merriam-Webster Inc., →ISBN, page 758; republished Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1993, →ISBN == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French entrepreneur, from entreprendre (“to undertake”) +‎ -eur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁə.nœʁ/ === Noun === entrepreneur m (plural entrepreneurs, feminine entrepreneuse) entrepreneur (person who organizes and operates a business venture) ==== Related terms ==== entrepreneuse ==== Descendants ==== → English: entrepreneur → Polish: przedsiębiorca, przedsiębierca (obsolete) (calque)→ Kashubian: przedsãbiérca → Romanian: antreprenor → Spanish: emprendedor (calque) === References === === Further reading === “entrepreneur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French entrepreneur. === Noun === entrepreneur (plural entrepreneur-entrepreneur or para entrepreneur) (uncommon) synonym of wirausaha === Further reading === “entrepreneur”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016