entrepreni

Esperanto

Etymology

From French entreprendre, from entre (“among, between”) + prendre (“to take, to make”), a calque of Frankish *underneman (“to undertake”). Compare Italian intraprendere, German unternehmen, Yiddish ⁧אונטערוואַרפֿן זיך⁩ (untervarfn zikh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [entreˈpreni]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -eni
  • Hyphenation: en‧tre‧pre‧ni

Verb

entrepreni (present entreprenas, past entreprenis, future entreprenos, conditional entreprenus, volitive entreprenu)

  1. to undertake (take it upon oneself to do)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • fari (“to do, make”)
  • komenci (“to start, begin”)
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