What does entrepreneur mean?
Word: Entrepreneur
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Entrepreneur means a person who starts a new business of their own, hoping it will make money.
How do you spell entrepreneur?
Syllables: en - tre - pre - neur
Tricky part: The ending sounds rather like er, but it keeps the spelling it brought from French, so pupils who write what they hear get the last letters wrong.
Watch out for: entreprenuer, entreprener
Memory tip: Imagine the word wearing a beret: a French word keeps its French tail, eur.
Entrepreneur in a sentence
Example 1: My aunt became an entrepreneur at fifty, running a small bakery from her garage.
Example 2: Every entrepreneur has to learn how to handle a bad month.
Example 3: The college helps each young entrepreneur to find a mentor.
Fun Fact
English took the word from French in the 1800s, when it was often used for someone who put on concerts or shows. The French verb behind it means to undertake.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letters to form a word:
entr_pr_neur
a) i, e
b) a, e
c) e, a
d) e, e
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d) e, e. Both gaps take the same quiet vowel, the one that opens the word.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The young entrepeneur from Coimbatore showed the judges a solar cooker she had designed with help from her science club.
a) cooker
b) entrepeneur
c) judges
d) designed
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b) entrepeneur. A letter has gone missing in the third syllable: two r's sit in the first half of the word.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Anjali is a young nrrereunepte who began by selling handmade soap from her kitchen.
a) enterprise
b) engineer
c) entertainer
d) entrepreneur
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d) entrepreneur. Starting out by selling soap is the clue, and twelve letters are too many for any other option.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the misspelt one:
1. proprieter 2. investor 3. entrepreneur 4. capital
a) someone who puts money into a firm
b) the person who owns a shop or hotel
c) someone who sets up a firm of their own
d) money used to start or run a firm
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b) the person who owns a shop or hotel. Proprietor ends in or, the ending of doctor and author.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which person is acting as an entrepreneur?
a) a student setting up a packed-lunch business
b) a manager checking the monthly accounts
c) a clerk posted to a bigger branch
d) a driver hired by a delivery company
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a) a student setting up a packed-lunch business
2. What is an entrepreneur mainly risking?
a) a missed yearly bonus
b) a stricter boss at work
c) a move to another branch
d) the money put into the firm
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d) the money put into the firm
