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How do you pronounce the word entrepreneur?

Asked by rebbel (35553points) January 23rd, 2019

Having seen and heard it been pronounced in several different ways, I wonder how you would do.
Do you go all French about it?
Or stick to your native language and make a nice mix of it?
If you want, and English is your language, you can use the phonetic alphabet to write it down.

My entrepreneur sounds as follows:

En as in one
tre as in treble
pre as in palm
neu as in gum
r as in fore

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zenvelo's avatar

You have me on the first two syllables, but then we diverge.

Pre as in the first half of the first syllabel in pretzel, without the short e sound.

Neur as in neurosis.

KNOWITALL's avatar

All French…haha

janbb's avatar

I pronounce it the French way..

On (short O) tre (short e) pre (short e) neur as in neurosis.

Jeruba's avatar

I’m with @janbb, although I’m sure her well-practiced French is worlds better than mine. Accent on the final syllable.

Patty_Melt's avatar

On truh pen oo ur

LadyMarissa's avatar

En-tra-pra-newr (It’s only 6 seconds long.)

ragingloli's avatar

/ˌɒntrəprəˈnəː/

Demosthenes's avatar

My pronunciation’s the same as ragingloli’s except with an /r/ at the end:

/ɒntrəprəˈnəːr/

I hear a lot of people pronounce the “neur” part as “noo-er”, but I’ve never said that. It’s one syllable for me.

Zaku's avatar

En as in on
tre as in tre[ble]
pre as in pre[ss]
neur as in [in]nure

Jeruba's avatar

Sans doute the French are weeping.

LostInParadise's avatar

ɑn tʃrə prə nu:r using the phonetic alphabet. Stress on last syllable.

janbb's avatar

Pretty much we are all in agreement.

Aster's avatar

Wow. I never could pronounce that word. Never.

stanleybmanly's avatar

Rhymes with both sewer and manure.

rebbel's avatar

Je suis impressionné par nous tous!

stanleybmanly's avatar

As well you should be.

Dutchess_III's avatar

You lost me a “pre as in palm.” I see it like, “pre as in preh”

Dutchess_III's avatar

Wojohowitz, just like it’s spelled.

Pinguidchance's avatar

Properly, with flair, verve, panache and elan, oh là là.

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