English pronunciation · Words Starting with E
Enterprise Pronunciation
Enterprise is pronounced EN-ter-pryz, IPA /ˈɛnɝˌpraɪz/.
EN-ter-pryz
US /ˈɛnɝˌpraɪz/ · UK /ˈɛntəˌpraɪz/
Syllables: EN · ter · pryz (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A business or project, especially a bold one, or the willingness to take one on.
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Enterprise in a Sentence
- The whole enterprise cost more than it earned.
- Small enterprises employ most of the town.
- It took some enterprise to get the hall built at all.
Common Mispronunciations of Enterprise
Not EN-ter-pris
The ending rhymes with prize and buzzes on a z. A hissed s suits the French word it came from.
Not en-ter-PRYZ
All the volume sits on EN, and in relaxed American speech the t after the n disappears as well.
Tip: Enterprising keeps the same front weight and the same long i.
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