Infinitive
entrepreni
Forms
Tenses
| Present | entreprenas |
| Past | entreprenis |
| Future | entreprenos |
| Conditional | entreprenus |
| Imperative | entreprenu! |
Participles
| Active past | entrepreninta |
| Active present | entreprenanta |
| Active future | entreprenonta |
| Passive past | entreprenita |
| Passive present | entreprenta |
| Passive future | entreprenota |
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). See: French '
entreprendre', Italian '
intraprendere'.
Sample Sentences
Translations
undertake, to start an enterprise