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Entrepreneur Pronunciation
Entrepreneur is pronounced ahn-truh-pruh-NUR, IPA /ˌɑntrəprəˈnɝ/.
ahn-truh-pruh-NUR
US /ˌɑntrəprəˈnɝ/ · UK /ˌɒntrɪprɪˈnɜː/
Syllables: ahn · truh · pruh · NUR (4 syllables, stress on syllable 4)
noun: Someone who starts a business and takes on the financial risk of running it.
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Entrepreneur in a Sentence
- She left banking to become an entrepreneur at thirty.
- The programme pairs each entrepreneur with a mentor.
- Local entrepreneurs filled the room.
Common Mispronunciations of Entrepreneur
Not ahn-truh-PRUH-ner
Save the punch for the very last syllable, NUR. Everything before it is a run-up.
Not en-ter-pruh-NOR
There is no ter in the middle, despite enterprise looking so similar. Read the tre as truh and keep the two words apart.
Tip: Four beats, ahn-truh-pruh-NUR, with three weak syllables leading into one strong one. Rushing the first three is exactly right.
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