How do you pronounce the word entrepreneur?
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rebbel (
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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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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.
I pronounce it the French way..
On (short O) tre (short e) pre (short e) neur as in neurosis.
I’m with @janbb, although I’m sure her well-practiced French is worlds better than mine. Accent on the final syllable.
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.
En as in on
tre as in tre[ble]
pre as in pre[ss]
neur as in [in]nure
Sans doute the French are weeping.
ɑn tʃrə prə nu:r using the phonetic alphabet. Stress on last syllable.
Pretty much we are all in agreement.
Wow. I never could pronounce that word. Never.
Rhymes with both sewer and manure.
Je suis impressionné par nous tous!
You lost me a “pre as in palm.” I see it like, “pre as in preh”
Wojohowitz, just like it’s spelled.
Properly, with flair, verve, panache and elan, oh là là.
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