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How to spell entrepreneur

Entrepreneur is spelled E-N-T-R-E-P-R-E-N-E-U-R.

hear iten·tre·pre·neur/,ɑntrəprə'nɜr/nounSchwa and roots

What it means: Someone who starts and runs a business.

In a sentence: My mom is an entrepreneur who runs her own bakery.

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Same family: entrepreneurial, entrepreneurship, businessperson, founder, startup. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Entrepreneur” comes from French and originally meant “one who undertakes or manages.” It is related to the verb "entreprendre," meaning “to undertake,” and entered English in the 18th century to describe people who organize and take risks in business.

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