entreprise
English
Noun
entreprise (plural entreprises)
- Archaic form of enterprise.
Anagrams
- Enterprise, enterprise
French
Etymology
Feminine past participle of entreprendre (undertake).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Noun
entreprise f (plural entreprises)
- company, business
- enterprise, project
- 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter II:
- Mais à peine se vit-il en chemin qu’une pensée terrible l’assaillit, et telle, que peu s’en fallut qu’elle ne lui fît abandonner l’entreprise commencée.
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- But scarcely did he see himself on the road when a terrible thought assaulted him, and such that little was missing to make him abandon the enterprise he had started.
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Synonyms
- société
Related terms
- entrepreneur
Further reading
- “entreprise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Noun
entreprise f (plural entreprises)
- Alternative form of entreprinse